Vermont’s Office of the Creative EconomySupporting Creativity, Innovation

and Entrepreneurship in the Green Mountains

Burr and Burton Academy

March 20, 2014

Learn about youIntroduce the OfficeShare key ideas shaping our workTalk about the future of creativity

Goals

What have you learned so far about the ways creativity and entrepreneurship intersect?

Intros

What creative products or services do you consume?

Intros

How does that influence what you produce?

Intros

You, and your aspirations, are part of a significant legacy in Vermont.

Point #1

“Between the Tigris of I-91 and the Euphrates of Rt 7”

A cradle of innovation

SPORTS AND REC

WEB SERVICESBIOSCIENCES

MANUFACTURINGFOOD PRODUCTS

ENERGY AND ENV

The Office of Creative Economy was created to support you.

Point #2

“The office of the creative economy is created within the agency of commerce and community development in order to build upon the years of work and energy around creative economy initiatives in Vermont, including the work of the Vermont film commission.”

Origins

H.287 passed in 2011 legislative session

“The Office shall provide business, networking, and technical support to establish, grow, and attract enterprises involved with the creative economy, primarily focused on but not limited to film, new and emerging media, software development, and innovative commercial goods.”

Mission

* Architecture, Publishing, Music

Film and new mediaSoftware and game developmentAdvertising and new mediaManufacturing artsArts and cultural organizations

Focus

CREATIVE

CULTURAL

Software, web services, games, etcIndependent workforce, freelancersEducation and training

What’s missing...

* Policy advisory, policy development

NetworkingMarketing and promotionTechnical assistanceResearch

Key Activities

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Industries Occupations

For-profit Companies

Sole proprietorshipsFreelancers

Independents

Non-profitMuseumsLibraries

Education InstsArts Admin

Presenting OrgsProfessional Assocs

CREATIVE

CULTURAL

CREATIVE

CULTURAL

2,591 creative businessesEmploy 7,854 Vermonters4.78 percent of businessesEmploying 2.16 percent of workforce

Starts to look like...

Source: National Endowment for the Arts 2012

Do you share the sense that Vermont is a great place to create?

For Discussion

How does your experience influence your aspiration - to create, build an enterprise, shape the world - near or far?

For Discussion

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Thank You!Lars Hasselblad Torres

802-917-1788lars.torres@state.vt.us

@VermontOCE