The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) took note of the growing empty storefronts and seized the opportunity provided by this current economic downturn to imaginatively utilize existing their community resources by matching entrepreneurial artists, with collaborative property owners with vacant spaces, DCA sent out its first call to artists in to participate in a pilot program in March of 2010. The motivation for this project was to enhance the walkabilitiy of downtown and provide small business opportunities to the creative community. As a result a new network of budding businesses and creative exchanges take place daily and in the evenings 7 days a week. Many visitors travel to Project Storefronts as a destination on this previously less traveled street.
Creative Economy
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2013 CCX
June 6-7, 2013
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Project Storefronts
NEFA Award Recipient
Margaret Bodell
Project Dates:
2010 - Present Tags
2011 CCX presenter, Business Planning, Real Estate, WorkforcePosted Date:
Sep 17, 2012