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The State of Colorado's Creative Economoy

<p>We appreciate the opportunity from the Colorado Council on the Arts and state of Colorado to assess the scale and distribution of the state’s creative enterprises. This analysis was a collaborative effort of Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. (RTS) in North Carolina and Mt. Auburn Associations in Massachusetts under a contract with the Colorado Council on the Arts. Beth Siegel and Stuart Rosenfeld were the lead authors, Chris Beacham, RTS, managed the grant, and Jenna Bryant, RTS, carried out most of the quantitative analyses. Dan Broun, RTS, edited the final version and assisted with the final layout. Trevor Young-Hyman, Jacob Stern, and Beth Falkof of Mt. Auburn Associates also assisted with the research and provided support.</p>

We appreciate the opportunity from the Colorado Council on the Arts and state of Colorado to assess the scale and distribution of the state’s creative enterprises. This analysis was a collaborative effort of Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. (RTS) in North Carolina and Mt. Auburn Associations in Massachusetts under a contract with the Colorado Council on the Arts. Beth Siegel and Stuart Rosenfeld were the lead authors, Chris Beacham, RTS, managed the grant, and Jenna Bryant, RTS, carried out most of the quantitative analyses. Dan Broun, RTS, edited the final version and assisted with the final layout. Trevor Young-Hyman, Jacob Stern, and Beth Falkof of Mt. Auburn Associates also assisted with the research and provided support.

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Report
Siegel, Beth and Rosenfeld, Bryant
55 pages
December, 2008
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Publisher Reference: 
Regional Technology Strategies
Publisher Details: 
Alliance for Creative Advantage
Old URL: 
http://www.artsusa.org/NAPD/modules/resourceManager/publicsearch.aspx?id=8959
Research Abstract
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0
Categories: 
Creative Industries
Creative Workforce
Economic Impact
Is this an Americans for the Arts Publications: 
No
December 2008