Partners for Livable Communities is a non-profit leadership organization working to improve the livability of communities by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity. Since its founding in 1977, Partners has helped communities set a common vision for the future, discover and use new resources for community and economic development and build public/private coalitions to further their goals.
While regular NAC readers will recognize many of the principles it contains from previous posts and discussions, Partners has made available an extremely worthwhile document providing a succinct primer on the creative economy and its effects on cities.
The Creative City Resource paper responds to three questions:
What are the characteristics of the new economy most important for cities?
What are cities doing to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities created by the new economy?
What kind of leadership is needed to develop the creative city?
I grew tired of trying to quote or paraphrase something already well done into what would've ultimately been a lesser contribution. Please do us both a favor and just read the original.
The Creative City: Power for the New Economy (PDF, 26 pp., 68k)
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