By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP
Thanks to our partnership with The Ohio State University, subscribers to the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking's newsletter, Facebook page and Twitter account can get $300 discount on the upcoming Certification in Creative Placemaking program
This is a unique and challenging program that can help you stand out in the growing field of creative placemaking. It can help you learn more about how to invigorate local communities and economies through arts and culture, be more cost effective in measuring success, build successful and sustainable teams, identify the best places for cultural activities, and market your community as an arts destination. You will also learn entrepreneurial leadership skills to help you get things done better and faster.
To learn more about the program, please join an upcoming information session. The next one is May 12 at 2 pm eastern, but the sessions are monthly through August.
The discount code is: CPPartner2015
Members and constituents of partner organizations are also eligible for the $300 discount to the program. These organizations include:
*American Society of Landscape Architects -- New Jersey chapter
*American Planning Association Small Town and Regional Planning division
*ArtPride New Jersey
*Creative Jersey
*New Jersey Health Initiatives
*Northern New Jersey Community Foundation
*The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture
*PlanSmart New Jersey
*Rutgers University Newark, Department of Arts, Culture and Media
*Rutgers University - School of Public Affairs and Administration
*Sustainable Jersey
For more information on the program, please contact program director Leonardo Vazquez by email or at 973-763-6352
We build connections, capacity, and community for the field of creative placemaking.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
New roundtable series helps creative team members share insights with one another
By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP
If you're on a Creative Team in New Jersey, or would like to start one in your town, please join us for the first Creative Team Roundtable, Wednesday, May 13, 3:30 to 5 pm at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank. This is a peer learning and community building effort to help Creative Teams in New Jersey become more effective.In this get-together, you'll learn about the work of the MoCo Arts Corridor Partnership. Then you can help select the key issues that you and your colleagues from other Creative Teams will explore. Then stay from 5 to 6 pm to network with your colleagues at the Oyster Point Hotel (cash bar).
To register for this free event, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-team-roundtable-tickets-16585372295
The Creative Team Roundtable is produced by the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking in partnership with Monmouth Arts and the MoCo Arts Corridor Partnership. For more information, please contact NCCP Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez at leo@artsbuildcommunities.com or 973-763-6352.
If you're on a Creative Team in New Jersey, or would like to start one in your town, please join us for the first Creative Team Roundtable, Wednesday, May 13, 3:30 to 5 pm at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank. This is a peer learning and community building effort to help Creative Teams in New Jersey become more effective.In this get-together, you'll learn about the work of the MoCo Arts Corridor Partnership. Then you can help select the key issues that you and your colleagues from other Creative Teams will explore. Then stay from 5 to 6 pm to network with your colleagues at the Oyster Point Hotel (cash bar).
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| The Perth Amboy Creative Team mapping their strategies |
To register for this free event, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-team-roundtable-tickets-16585372295
The Creative Team Roundtable is produced by the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking in partnership with Monmouth Arts and the MoCo Arts Corridor Partnership. For more information, please contact NCCP Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez at leo@artsbuildcommunities.com or 973-763-6352.
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Join us in Seattle at the APA national conference
By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP
If you will be in the Seattle area on April 19 or 20, and want to learn more about NCCP's programs, please say hello to NCCP Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez. He will be at the American Planning Association national conference.
Leo will be speaking the afternoon of April 19 on culturally competent planning and engagement, and will be available that Sunday and April 20 to meet at the conference.
Please reach out to Leo by email or at 973-763-6352
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| Leonnardo Vazquez |
Leo will be speaking the afternoon of April 19 on culturally competent planning and engagement, and will be available that Sunday and April 20 to meet at the conference.
Please reach out to Leo by email or at 973-763-6352
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Share your insights at the 2015 Creative Placemaking Knowledge Exchange
By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP
Get insights into the latest thinking and research in how arts and culture help address community and economic development issues at the 2015 Creative Placemaking Knowledge Exchange. The gathering will be held June 26 at the Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration in Newark, NJ.
The Knowledge Exchange is designed for researchers, funders, policy makers and reflective practitioners in creative placemaking.
Would you like to present on new research or initiatives in creative placemaking? Propose a presentation
The Knowledge Exchange is produced by The National Consortium
for Creative Placemaking, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and
Administration, Rutgers University Arts, Culture and Media Department and The
Ohio State University’s Certification in Creative Placemaking program. It is made possible in part by funds from the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Northern New Jersey Community
Foundation.
For more information, contact NCCP Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez at 973-763-6352 or by email
Get insights into the latest thinking and research in how arts and culture help address community and economic development issues at the 2015 Creative Placemaking Knowledge Exchange. The gathering will be held June 26 at the Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration in Newark, NJ.
The Knowledge Exchange is designed for researchers, funders, policy makers and reflective practitioners in creative placemaking. - Early bird: $90. Register by June 10. Afterwards, registration is $100.
- National Consortium for Creative Placemaking subscribers and presenters: $65. Please see recent NCCP newsletter for discount code
- Current Rutgers, NJIT, and Ohio State University
students: $20. (To get the discount code, please send an email to
Leonardo Vazquez at leo@artsbuildcommunities.com. Proof of current student enrollment required.)
It includes breakfast, lunch, afternoon beverage, a
walking tour, lots of useful information and maybe some new connections.
Register now
Informal
but informative, the Knowledge Exchange will feature peer learning with topics
chosen by the participants, along with quick and to-the-point presentations
from creative placemakers.
Pecha Kucha, lightning talks, open space technology. If you know these terms, you’ll understand
what makes this convening different. If you don’t, join us and see for
yourself.
Would you like to present on new research or initiatives in creative placemaking? Propose a presentation
For more information, contact NCCP Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez at 973-763-6352 or by email
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
New State of the Creative Economy report shows positives and challenges for New Jersey's creative sector
By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP
By various measures, the creative sector is a growing part of New Jersey's economy, but the state lags behind the United States as a whole in growing its economy of creative professionals and businesses.
This is according to the State of the Creative Sector in New Jersey 2015, recently published by The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. The report looks at trends in New Jersey's creative economy from 2002 to 2012. Among the key findings are:
More people in New Jersey are working in the creative sector. The total number of jobs, including freelancers, grew by 4% from 247,762 jobs to 257,376
There are more for profit, nonprofit, and freelance businesses in New Jersey’s creative sector. The total number of organizations grew by 27%, adding 15,042 establishments to the overall economy. This is an increase from 55,750 in 2002 to 70,792 in 2012.
Freelancers are an important indicator for the creative sector, signifying stronger confidence in the local economy. There was tremendous growth in the number of freelancers in the creative sector, with a 41% increase from 35,299 to 49,946 organizations. This is a change of 14,647 establishments.
Independent artists, writers, and performers generated more total revenue, but less income per artist. Between 2002 and 2012, total receipts grew by $39.6 million. However, per artist revenue decreased from $32,237 per year to $22,862 per year.
Similarly, the annual per employee payroll of people working in the creative sector has declined. It decreased from $34,668 per year in 2002 to $28,536 per year in 2012.
The industries that had the largest gains in the number of establishments were hair, nail, and skin services, full service restaurants, independent artists, writers, and performers, photography services, and jewelry stores.
The industries that had the greatest growth in jobs were full service restaurants, hair, nail, and skin services, independent artists, writers, and performers, fine art schools, and photography services. - Despite this growth in New Jersey’s creative sector, growth in New Jersey lagged behind that of the United States. Creative sector establishments in the US grew by 39% and creative sector jobs grew by 12%, far outpacing growth in New Jersey.
By various measures, the creative sector is a growing part of New Jersey's economy, but the state lags behind the United States as a whole in growing its economy of creative professionals and businesses.
This is according to the State of the Creative Sector in New Jersey 2015, recently published by The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking. The report looks at trends in New Jersey's creative economy from 2002 to 2012. Among the key findings are:
More people in New Jersey are working in the creative sector. The total number of jobs, including freelancers, grew by 4% from 247,762 jobs to 257,376
There are more for profit, nonprofit, and freelance businesses in New Jersey’s creative sector. The total number of organizations grew by 27%, adding 15,042 establishments to the overall economy. This is an increase from 55,750 in 2002 to 70,792 in 2012.
Freelancers are an important indicator for the creative sector, signifying stronger confidence in the local economy. There was tremendous growth in the number of freelancers in the creative sector, with a 41% increase from 35,299 to 49,946 organizations. This is a change of 14,647 establishments.
Independent artists, writers, and performers generated more total revenue, but less income per artist. Between 2002 and 2012, total receipts grew by $39.6 million. However, per artist revenue decreased from $32,237 per year to $22,862 per year.
Similarly, the annual per employee payroll of people working in the creative sector has declined. It decreased from $34,668 per year in 2002 to $28,536 per year in 2012.
The industries that had the largest gains in the number of establishments were hair, nail, and skin services, full service restaurants, independent artists, writers, and performers, photography services, and jewelry stores.
The industries that had the greatest growth in jobs were full service restaurants, hair, nail, and skin services, independent artists, writers, and performers, fine art schools, and photography services. - Despite this growth in New Jersey’s creative sector, growth in New Jersey lagged behind that of the United States. Creative sector establishments in the US grew by 39% and creative sector jobs grew by 12%, far outpacing growth in New Jersey.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
NCCP to publish report on New Jersey's creative economy
By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP
How has New Jersey's creative economy fared over the past decade? The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking will share its findings in a report to be published in late March on NCCP's website.
Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez previewed some of the findings at a February meeting of the New Jersey State Council for the Arts in Morristown NJ. Among them were:
*The number of private-sector establishments in New Jersey's creative sector -- including for-profit and not-for-profit -- grew 27% from 2002 to 2012.
*There were slightly more jobs in New Jersey's creative sector in 2012 than in 2002. There was a 4% increase, which kept pace with overall job growth in New Jersey.
*The fastest growing industries in the creative sector were hair, nail and skin services; photography services; and full-service restaurants.
Read more about these findings, or other research conducted by NCCP.
To get updates when the report is published, please subscribe to NCCP's newsletter
How has New Jersey's creative economy fared over the past decade? The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking will share its findings in a report to be published in late March on NCCP's website.
Executive Director Leonardo Vazquez previewed some of the findings at a February meeting of the New Jersey State Council for the Arts in Morristown NJ. Among them were:
*The number of private-sector establishments in New Jersey's creative sector -- including for-profit and not-for-profit -- grew 27% from 2002 to 2012.
*There were slightly more jobs in New Jersey's creative sector in 2012 than in 2002. There was a 4% increase, which kept pace with overall job growth in New Jersey.
*The fastest growing industries in the creative sector were hair, nail and skin services; photography services; and full-service restaurants.
Read more about these findings, or other research conducted by NCCP.
To get updates when the report is published, please subscribe to NCCP's newsletter
NCCP's work with Sustainable Jersey spurs creation of at least 46 Creative Teams in New Jersey
By Leonardo Vazquez
With the support of nearly 75% of the towns in New Jersey, Sustainable Jersey is one of the most successful programs working to protect the environment, enhance economic prosperity, and make places more livable.
For several years, NCCP has helped lead Sustainable Jersey's Arts and Creative Culture Task Force, and with our partners, we've helped promote broad partnerships and planning for creative
placemaking.
Under the Sustainable Jersey program, municipalities get points for taking a set of steps called 'actions'. For example, educating residents about clean energy earns a municipality 10 points. One-hundred and fifty points are needed for bronze certification; 350 for silver.
The Arts and Creative Culture Team developed three actions, which together are a guide for creative placemaking: Establish a Creative Team, Creative Assets Inventory, Creative Placemaking Plan. Together they provide 30 points, 20% of what a municipality needs for certification.
The Creative Team action is designed to help build diverse partnerships and a team of stewards for creative placemaking. The Inventory action encourages towns to get to kno
w about creative organizations and people in their communities, as well as spaces for creativity. The Plan action challenges towns to make creative placemaking part of their approaches to sustainability.
As of early 2015, at least 46 communities have put together teams for creative placemaking and applied for Sustainable Jersey recognition. One -- Cape May -- has completed all three actions.
The Task Force is now working on another action that rewards municipalities for supporting arts and cultural projects. The Task Force is open to anyone interested in arts, culture and sustainability; we welcome new members at any time.
For more information about the Sustainable Jersey Arts and Creative Culture Task Force, please contact Leonardo Vazquez by email or at 973-763-6352
With the support of nearly 75% of the towns in New Jersey, Sustainable Jersey is one of the most successful programs working to protect the environment, enhance economic prosperity, and make places more livable.
For several years, NCCP has helped lead Sustainable Jersey's Arts and Creative Culture Task Force, and with our partners, we've helped promote broad partnerships and planning for creative
The Arts and Creative Culture Team developed three actions, which together are a guide for creative placemaking: Establish a Creative Team, Creative Assets Inventory, Creative Placemaking Plan. Together they provide 30 points, 20% of what a municipality needs for certification.
The Creative Team action is designed to help build diverse partnerships and a team of stewards for creative placemaking. The Inventory action encourages towns to get to kno
w about creative organizations and people in their communities, as well as spaces for creativity. The Plan action challenges towns to make creative placemaking part of their approaches to sustainability.
As of early 2015, at least 46 communities have put together teams for creative placemaking and applied for Sustainable Jersey recognition. One -- Cape May -- has completed all three actions.
The Task Force is now working on another action that rewards municipalities for supporting arts and cultural projects. The Task Force is open to anyone interested in arts, culture and sustainability; we welcome new members at any time.
For more information about the Sustainable Jersey Arts and Creative Culture Task Force, please contact Leonardo Vazquez by email or at 973-763-6352
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