Building Vibrancy: Advancing Creative Placemaking Policy

July 30, 2012
1:00 PM -1:30 PM

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Please join us online for a special forum previewing a Gateway City creative placemaking policy agenda outlined in a new MassINC report. Building Vibrancy: Creative Placemaking Strategies for Gateway City Growth and Renewal is scheduled for release August 2nd.

This short online forum will feature:

Mayor Alex Morse on recent efforts to pursue economic development through creative placemaking in Holyoke.

Matt Wilson, the Executive Director of MASSCreative, the newly formed advocacy organization for the arts and cultural community, on initiatives to build political support for arts-based economic development models statewide.

Benjamin Forman, MassINC’s research director, on key takeways from the forthcoming report, Building Vibrancy: Creative Placemaking Strategies for Gateway City Growth and Renewal. For more information, please contact Caroline Koch at 617-224-1647.

Please register above if you would like to participate. MassINC will send an email with details of the webinar in advance of the event.

MassINC and CommonWealth magazine staff and policy experts are often called upon to speak at events, join panel discussions, and provide public commentary. Please contact Marjorie Malpiede at mmalpiede@massinc.org if you would like to book a speaking engagement.

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