The small but fast growing South Jersey town of Glassboro now has a group of leaders working to make it a better place through and for creativity.
Creative Glassboro's mission is to "integrate arts and culture into the fabric of downtown Glassboro as an economic development tool that will enhance our quality of life, provide better creative experiences, and promote new opportunities for the benefit of all our citizens.Through arts and culture, Glassboro, from the east and High Street Arts District towards the west to Rowan University, becomes an increasingly inviting place where artists, business owners, professionals, educators, and private citizens of all ages want to live, work and thrive.Our guiding principles towards this vision are to be inclusive and embrace the diversity that exists in our community; encourage a balance of commercial development with green conservation; promote and preserve our historically rich cultural heritage; and promote and support a diverse mix of private, commercial, and non-profit-led arts and culture initiatives and programs."
To that end, Creative Glassboro is partnering with the Rowan University Art Gallery on its first community initiative: Yarn It. This is a series of events, including community knitting, yarn-bombing, and event to bring together residents and visitors and highlight the downtown area. It will be held September 24 and October 15.
Creative Glassboro is a diverse team of town residents, merchants, public officials and other who were brought together through NCCP's Community Coaching initiative. The team developed a vision plan for enhancing quality of life, economic opportunity and the creative environment through creative placemaking. Yarn It is the first initiative developed through the plan.
For more, please visit Creative Glassboro's website creativeglassboro.com
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