During February I floated a survey as part of my efforts to understand our creative economy a little better in Vermont. 51 respondents completed the survey from nearly two dozen locations across the state. I learned at least three things from this effort: Vermont creatives tend to be highly entrepreneurial, working across an average of [...]

About six years ago I had the opportunity to attend a conference in Botswana focused on governance reform and civil society. At the time there was a lot of excitement about the countries progressive environmental stand, the role of women, and youth engagement. I was especially happy to have met young activists from Pioneers of [...]

The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development recently announced that the former Vermont film commission head would be tapped to lead the recently created Office of the Creative Economy in a shuffling of the deck. The shuttered film commission had been under fire from quarters in Vermont’s film community in 2011. The year ahead [...]