Creative New York
By: [written by Robin Keegan and Neil Kleiman of the Center for an Urban Future with Beth Siegel and Michael Kane of Mt. Auburn Associates]
Contributors: Kleiman, Neil; Siegel, Beth; Kane, Michael; Center for an Urban Future (New York, N.Y.); Mt. Auburn Associates (Somerville, Mass.)
Publisher: Center for an Urban Future
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Arts; Cultural industries
Description: Local artists form a key component of the city's economy, but their growth must still be nurtured. If the city wants to harness the economic power of its "creative core," it should implement sweeping new strategies to keep the arts thriving in New York. The report examines nine seemingly disparate industries--design, publishing, music, advertising, visual arts, broadcasting, performing arts, architecture, and film and video--and makes a case for seeing them as one economic engine. The high cost of rental space and health care, and a lack of coordinated support services hinder success, notes the study, which will be the subject of a conference in March 2006. Unlike cities like London, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Berlin, New York has yet to devise a plan for the creative sector in its overall economic development strategies. Yet, as the report outlines, the Bloomberg administration has been actively promoting discrete projects such as tax credits for film production companies and capital grants for nonprofit cultural institutions.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 5, 2006; last viewed May 15, 2008).

"December 2005."

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Issued in partnership with Mt. Auburn Associates.