Creative companies asked to participate in regional survey
Creativity? Oh, we’ve got it, all right. Anyone who knows the metro area knows our downtowns and side streets are bustling with stores that are part of the creative economy, from local fashion designers to graphic artists to Web specialists. Detroit Renaissance and Crain’s Detroit Business are trying to survey southeast Michigan’s creative economy.
Creativity? Oh, we’ve got it, all right. Anyone who knows the metro area knows our downtowns and side streets are bustling with stores that are part of the creative economy, from local fashion designers to graphic artists to Web specialists. Detroit Renaissance and Crain’s Detroit Business are trying to survey southeast Michigan’s creative economy.
Excerpt:
The creative economy can be a foundation for economic development. But to grow existing companies and attract new creative-economy companies, Southeast Michigan has to show the world – and its own business population – the creative talent that lives here.
Read the entire article here.
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