Comments on: Creative City? http://www.joannageary.com/2007/11/04/creative-city/ If content is king, collaboration is queen. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john mostyn http://www.joannageary.com/2007/11/04/creative-city/comment-page-1/#comment-87 john mostyn Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:36:44 +0000 http://joannageary.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/creative-city/#comment-87 Well I know what I'll be reading after a blast of Northern Soul and a fine carton of Rod's coffee. Well I know what I’ll be reading after a blast of Northern Soul and a fine carton of Rod’s coffee.

]]> By: Dave Harte http://www.joannageary.com/2007/11/04/creative-city/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Dave Harte Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:49:31 +0000 http://joannageary.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/creative-city/#comment-86 I look forward to reading tomorrow's Post. However, I do think that the stage before promoting the creative and cultural offering of the city is having a strategy that understands why its important to do so. Once public bodies believe in the economic rationale then they'll do a better job on the PR front. I think it starts with the forthcoming regional economic strategy since local authorities and plenty of other public bodies and agencies will be taking their lead from it for the next few years. And what does the latest draft of that strategy say about the creative industries? <a href="http://strategydigested.blogspot.com/2007/10/update-on-west-midlands-economic.html" rel="nofollow">Not much</a>. Dave I look forward to reading tomorrow’s Post.

However, I do think that the stage before promoting the creative and cultural offering of the city is having a strategy that understands why its important to do so. Once public bodies believe in the economic rationale then they’ll do a better job on the PR front.

I think it starts with the forthcoming regional economic strategy since local authorities and plenty of other public bodies and agencies will be taking their lead from it for the next few years. And what does the latest draft of that strategy say about the creative industries? Not much.

Dave

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