For Gateway City leaders, time to get creative
April 12th, 2012 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
Building a vibrant arts sector has become a popular idea in urban revitalization circles. The arts can enliven a dormant downtown, generate an influx of young creative types, and provide an economic shot in the arm to cities that desperately need it.
Pulling off such a transformation is a challenge that falls as much on pols as painters, which is why Wednesday’s Gateway Cities Creative Placemaking Summit in Lowell, sponsored by MassINC, included a panel discussion with leaders of four gateway cities. Working at the ground level, and with all the fiscal constraints municipal leaders are under, these officials need a creative flair of their own to make headway.
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