Tacoma's Creative Voices Need You (16. March 2007, 11:49 by Derek Young) ~ Get Creative
Thirty of Tacoma-Pierce County’s creative minds met last September to take the research of Richard Florida and see where it could applied to our city. They broke into teams and started looking for opportunities. Now, after a lot of work, research, and planning, they need you. Volunteers are now needed to help take the each project to the next level. There are several groups that could use your input:
Arts Technology Ecosystem is working with various organizations to explore the creation of a multi-use Arts Incubator and television show to encourage and catalyze art careers in the South Sound.
Connected Individuality is promoting expanded diversity in the Tacoma-Pierce County workforce in an effort to attract and retain minority graduates in the area.
Team Green is exploring a “Green Alliance” in Tacoma-Pierce County to support and promote environmentally friendly businesses and companies that offer “green” products and services. The group is also exploring creation of a “Green Baseline” to offer measurements, targets, benchmarks and community stewards to promote Tacoma-Pierce County as “a place to do some green business.”
Love Tacoma is working with Metro Parks to boost local livability by hosting a series of entertainment and cultural experiences for current and prospective residents.
Project Eden is promoting and expanding the already existing ethnic dining corridor on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Tacoma’s hilltop region.
It’s important for people from all corners of the city to become involved in the discussion. Remember, the goal is to make Tacoma-Pierce County a better place. Help make this project a success.
More information at www.creativetacoma.com.
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Thoughts I posted last night on this effort. Sounds good overall as long as they don’t lose sight of the “non-creative” folks in Tacoma.
1 | Posted by KevinFreitas | Mar 16, 11:56 AM
Excellent! Two of those tie into things I’ve been mouthing off about recently … this could get interesting …
2 | Posted by tacomachickadee | Mar 16, 12:03 PM
Hmm. I am skeptical of this whole thing, but Lets see what happens!
3 | Posted by RR Anderson | Mar 16, 01:12 PM
here’s a non-jive translation of projects above:
Arts Technology Ecosystem = training slacker artists to generate taxable income.
Connected Individuality = Keep our black & Hispanic kids away from army recruiters
Team Green = spend more $ for substandard products
Love Tacoma = turn non-commercial space into commercial space
Project Eden = exploring ways to keep minorities in their traditional minority neighborhoods.
4 | Posted by RR Anderson | Mar 16, 01:31 PM
Funny, when Paul Schrag made a presentation to the Tacoma Arts Commission on the Arts Incubator initiative he listed one of the barriers to success as cynicism. Hmmmmm…
Come on by the Commencement Bay Coffee Company next Monday at 11:30 and join in on the conversation. Economic viability for artists and access to support for those who wish to express themselves and share their work may not be a bad thing.
5 | Posted by Droid116 | Mar 16, 01:52 PM
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