Round[the]Table: Creative Placemaking Companion
A BOOKLET BY New hampshire COMIC ARTIST MAREK BENNETT
Connecting those who want to build and sustain creative communities in New Hampshire
We are a statewide, cross-sector consortium of organizations and municipal agencies working together to educate community leaders/members and those working in other sectors about the creative economy, and how arts and culture and the creative industries that comprise it enrich our New Hampshire communities.
We focus on community development through creative assets
Creative Placemaking
Valuing public art initiatives, festivals, activating spaces through creative ideas.
Cultural Planning
Encouraging towns and regions to engage in cultural planning and incorporating arts in master plans
Creative Economy
Recognizing arts as businesses, and integrating the arts in downtown development, tourism development, workforce development, and leveraging the creative economy
The network offers
Network Participant Education
NH CCN offers opportunities for network participants to learn more about creative community development through convenings, speaker events, community conversation, and cooperative sharing of information on the listserv.
Community Leadership Education
NH CCN is a resource for organizations, leaders, and elected officials across the state in various fields to learn about creative economy, creative communities, current trends, and local stories of success.
Connections
NH CCN offers opportunities to connect with other professionals working in the field of Creative Community Development.