Center for Creative Community Development (www.C-3-D.org) The Center for Creative Community Development (C3D) – a joint project of Williams College and MASS MoCA made possible through a major grant from the Ford Foundation – will serve as a national focal point for research, education and training on the role of the arts in community re-development.
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis at University of Connecticut (www.ccea.uconn.edu) In operation since 1992, the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis (CCEA) is an umbrella organization for The Connecticut Economy: A University of Connecticut Quarterly Review, the Forecasting and Analysis group, and the Center for Economic Education. CCEA is also now a constituent member of the University of Connecticut’s Consortium for Public Policy Research.
Creative Economy Association of the North Shore (www.ceans.org) The Creative Economy Association of the North Shore of Massachusetts is an association of creative and knowledge businesses and institutions in a region steeped in history, culture, the arts and international trade.
Snelling Center (www.snellingcenter.org) The Snelling Center for Government is working with a number of partners including The Vermont Council on Rural Development, UVM, and local business and legislative leaders to strategize on Vermont's Creative Economy.
University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center (www.umaine.edu/mcsc) The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine is dedicated to advancing public discussion about important policy issues of our day. Our tradition is one of independent and objective inquiry -- in the spirit of the respected Maine Senator for whom we are named. Our services include policy analysis across a broad range of issues, best practices research, program evaluation, training in leadership and organizational change, and information dissemination and communication. We work with customers from all sectors and have active partnerships with Maine business and industry, other universities across the country, and policy centers throughout New England.
University of Southern Maine Muskie School of Public Service (www.muskie.usm.maine.edu) In 1990, when the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service was named in his honor, Senator Muskie challenged students, faculty, and researchers to make a real difference in the lives of the people of Maine and the nation. Through its teaching, research and public service, the School is educating leaders, informing policy and practice, and strengthening civic life. In all its activities, the School carries on the values, ideals and contributions of Edmund S. Muskie as exemplified in his long and distinguished career as a public servant for Maine and the nation.
Vermont Council on Rural Development (www.vtrural.org) The Vermont Council on Rural Development helps Vermonters and Vermont communities develop their capacity to create a prosperous and sustainable future through coordination, collaboration, and the effective use of public and private resources. Contact Helen Labun Jordan, Program Director of the Creative Communities Program [ccp@sover.net] to be added to her listserv.
New England Region
New England Council (www.newenglandcouncil.com) The New England Council is an alliance of businesses, academic and health institutions and public and private organizations throughout New England formed to promote economic growth and a high quality of life in the New England region. The Council is dedicated to identifying and supporting federal public policies and articulating the voice of its membership regionally and nationally on important issues facing New England. The New England Council is also committed to working with public and private sector leaders across the region and in Washington, D.C., through educational programs and forums for information exchange.
New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (www.bos.frb.org/economic/neppc/index.htm) The New England Public Policy Center is dedicated to enhancing access to high-quality analysis on economic and public policy issues that affect the region.
National
Americans for the Arts (www.artsusa.org) Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With 45 years of service, we are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Americans for the Arts Cultural Policy Listserv - http://www.culturalpolicy.org/listserv
CPANDA (www.cpanda.org) The core mission of the Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA) is to acquire, archive, document and preserve high quality data sets on key topics in arts and cultural policy, and make them available in a user-friendly format to scholars, journalists, policy makers, artists, cultural organizations, and the public.
RAND (www.rand.org) The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. It has an Arts research area.
Mt. Auburn Associates (www.mtauburnassociates.com) Mt. Auburn Associates has deep experience in helping communities develop visionary, comprehensive, and integrated strategies to further promote and develop the arts and cultural cluster. The firm has been involved in numerous efforts that seek to define the cluster, to quantify its importance, to facilitate and engage artists and businesses within the cluster, and to develop economic development and workforce strategies focused on the cluster.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (www.nasaa-arts.org) The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. Each of the 56 states and jurisdictions has created an agency to support excellence in and access to the arts. Go to Artworks.
National Endowment for the Arts (www.nea.gov) The NEA is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the largest national funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. Economic Impact Reports under Publications.
The National Trust Main Street Center (www.mainstreet.org) The National Trust Main Street Center is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In the 1970s, the National Trust developed its pioneering Main Street approach to commercial district revitalization, an innovative methodology that combines historic preservation with economic development to restore prosperity and vitality to downtowns and neighborhood business districts. Today, the message has spread, as the Center advocates a comprehensive approach that rural and urban communities alike can use to revitalize their traditional commercial areas through historic preservation and grassroots-based economic development. It has created a network of more than 40 statewide, citywide, and countywide Main Street programs with more than 1,200 active Main Street programs nationally.
Urban Institute (www.urban.org/communities/index.cfm) In the mid-1960s, President Johnson saw the need for independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America's cities and their residents. The President created a blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders who recommended chartering a center to do that work. In 1968, the Urban Institute became that center. Under the Places/U.S. Cities/Communities area there is Arts/Culture option.
International
Creative City Network (www.creativecity.ca) The Creative City Network is an organization of people employed by municipalities across Canada working on arts, culture and heritage policy, planning, development and support. Municipalities are playing an increasing role in the development of arts, culture and heritage in Canada. The Creative City Network exists to connect the people who share this working environment so we can be more effective in cultural development in our communities. By sharing experience, expertise, information and best practices, members support each other through dialogue, both in person and online.
Creative Clusters (www.creativeclusters.com) Creative Clusters is the international conference, network and events programme for people working in the development of the creative economy. We are interested in development and regeneration projects that deliver outcomes in both cultural and economic terms. Based in the UK.
