Creative Cities Summit 2.0 coming to Detroit this fall
With Detroit’s revitalization efforts and the push to bring 1,500 creative jobs into the city,
the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 is a logical place for this meeting of
the minds. CCS2 is asking architects, designers, urban planners, civic
leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, students, educators and community
leaders to come out and share their experiences, projects, successes
and failures to re-imagine what a city is. The event will be held
October 12-15.
With Detroit’s revitalization efforts and the push to bring 1,500 creative jobs into the city,
the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 is a logical place for this meeting of
the minds. CCS2 is asking architects, designers, urban planners, civic
leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, students, educators and community
leaders to come out and share their experiences, projects, successes
and failures to re-imagine what a city is. The event will be held
October 12-15.
Excerpt:
Join us for a three-day exploration of best practices in urban revitalization with Creative Class experts and enthusiasts. Creative Cities Summit, first held in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2004, comes to Detroit because it stands as a metaphor and an inspiration to cities shaped by the industrial revolution that now look forward to a new, vibrant creative economy rooted in knowledge, talent and creativity.
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