Overview presentation of the Create West Virginia initiative of A Vision Shared designed to grow the Creative Class and New Economy in West Virginia

1. Creative Communities for the New Economy
June 25, 2007

2. Transitioning Eras

3. The Conceptual Age
Right Brain
Left Brain
Holistic thought
Analytic thought
Intuition
Logic
Creativity
Language
Art and music
Science and math
Empathy

4. The Creative Community
Telecommunications Management Architects Research Media
Software Development Education Graphic Design Engineering
Arts and Cultural

5. st Century Growth
21
Economic and Tax Policy Talent
R&D Centers of Excellence

6. The Creative Economy in WV
% of CC Growth of CC
Employment Employment
United States 25% 25.70%
West Virginia 18% 19.70%
Bottom 10 WV Counties
Top 10 WV Counties
Creative Employed
Creative Employed
County Growth Growth Creative (share)
County Growth Growth Creative (share)
Clay County 29.90% 9.30% 12.10%
Monongalia County 32.20% 5.30% 27.80%
Wyoming County 8.00% -13.90% 12.00%
Putnam County 52.00% 23.10% 24.20%
Mingo County 4.10% -19.00% 11.90%
Kanawha County 8.00% -5.50% 24.00%
Hampshire County 33.20% 21.10% 11.50%
Jefferson County 53.60% 16.50% 22.90%
Grant County 25.10% 5.50% 11.30%
Cabell County 9.10% -3.10% 21.70%
Ritchie County 13.30% -5.60% 11.10%
Ohio County 1.70% -12.90% 21.70%
Monroe County 11.20% 2.50% 10.40%
Wood County 15.10% -5.10% 19.90%
Summers County 5.80% -7.70% 10.30%
Marion County 46.00% 0.90% 19.80%
McDowell County -28.00% -36.20% 10.30%
Harrison County 21.80% -2.10% 19.80%
Webster County 16.00% -12.50% 9.40%
Raleigh County 24.00% 3.40% 19.20%
Source: USDA Employment Research Service 1990-2000

7. A Creative Future Economy
Source: Workforce West Virginia 2007 Data and Projections

8. Building the Creative Community
Talent/Education Tolerance/Diversity
Technology Culture, Third Places & Outdoors

9. Where Do We Stand?
51st
51st
Talent/Education Diversity
• IT Professionals 41st
• High-Tech Jobs 45th
• Online Population 47th
• E-Government 48th
• Broadband 50th
Technology Culture, Third Places & Outdoors

10. Promising Directions
?
Talent/Education Diversity
Morgantown
Berkeley Springs
Distinctive Destination by National
100 Best Small Arts Towns
Trust for Historic Preservation
Best Small Cities
Davis
Top 10 Coolest Mountain Towns
Fayetteville
Top 10 Coolest Small Towns
Charleston Lewisburg
Top 10 Cities for Empty Nesters 1,000 Places to See
Before You Die
Bluefield/Mercer County Best 75 Small Towns in America
Best 100 Places for
Science & Technology Culture, Third Places & Outdoors
Families with Kids

11. Meet the West Virginia
Creative Community
Justin Siebert Jeanne Mozier
Direct Online Marketing
Star Theatre
Wheeling Berkeley Springs Scooter Scudieri
Lee Kraus, Ph.D. Shepherdstown 1stInternet Rockstar
IRC, Two Brains
Jane Peters
Fairmont
Jefferson County
Elizabeth Murray, Ph.D. Glenville Development Authority
Marshall University
Vandalia Research Larry Baker
Fayetteville Glenville State College
Huntington South
Charleston George Rogers
Keith Pauley, Ph.D. IQ Media
Hinton
Logan
MATRIC
Princeton
Mayor Cleo Matthews
Jeff Lusk, Hatfield- City of Hinton
McCoy's Trails Spring Turner
Chuck Mathena Foundation

12. How We’ll Get There
• Connect the Creative Community
• Communicate their existence, impact
and enthusiasm for WV
• Educate and empower local
communities
• Prioritize and support creative policies
• Tell the rest of the world

13. Announcing Create WV
Mission:
To empower West Virginians at a local level to place
themselves among the most innovative, dynamic,
prosperous, creative communities in the world.

14. Available Today

15. Creative Communities
Workshops – Summer 2007
• Pilot City Assessments and Workshops
– Hinton (July 24), Shepherdstown (July 11)
– Parkersburg (July 23)
– Charleston (August TBD)
• Integrated learning and planning
– Leaders from business, government, education,
arts/community development
– Assessment
– Jump-start the planning process
– Share progress at the Create WV conference

16. Create West Virginia
Conference
Save the date – Oct 24-26
Local leaders should attend
together as a team
• Government Daniel Pink Jack Schultz James Hunt
A Whole New Mind Boomtown Institute Amazing Cities
• Economic Development
• Business/Chamber
• Young Professionals
• Arts/Creative Community
- Workshops
• Community Development - Best practices
- Resources & tools
• Academic - K12, HED - “Why to” and “How to”

17. Create West Virginia Goals
Short-Term (1 year)
• Direct:
– Over 200 leaders trained with all 55 counties represented
– 25 WV communities with an official, detailed New
Economy/Creative Community growth plan by June 2008
– 3-5 large-scale Creative Community initiatives identified and in
progress
– Dedicated outbound communications plan and campaigns in place
to recruit the Creative Community to West Virginia
• Indirect: Focused voice in support of related Creative
Community initiatives
– Broadband coverage, education innovation and standards,
scientific R&D, entrepreneurship/TBED, e-government

18. Create West Virginia Goals
Long-Term (5-10 years)
• West Virginia in upper ½ of New Economy Index
rankings
• Recognized nationally as “hot” region for innovation
and Creative Community growth
– Additional towns/cities in national rankings
• Real progress in diversity
• Growth in Southern and remote counties
• Specific details announced this fall

19. What Does it Mean
for West Virginians?
What’s Different?

20. Call to Action
Local Community Leaders Creatives and Citizens
• Read the white paper • Join the initiative on
createwv.com
• Evaluate the assessment
• Share and rate ideas
and planning tools
• Provide feedback • Raise your voice on new
economy/creative
• Save the date and tell
community issues
your local peer leaders
• Tell others
– Create West Virginia
Conference – Oct 24-26 • Attend the Create WV
Conference

21. “Creativity can solve almost any problem. The
creative act, the defeat of habit by originality,
overcomes everything.”
George Lois

22. The Vision Shared
Creative Class Team
Grant Bromhal Holly Clark Elizabeth Damewood-Gaucher
National Energy Technology CESD/WVU, Vision Shared Terrell Ellis & Associates
Laboratory
Sarah Halstead Kim Harbour Rebecca Kimmons
Katalyst Development Strategies WV Department of Commerce Katalyst Development Strategies
Amy King Barbara Kinsey Belle Manjong
Spilman, Thomas & Battle AG Edwards Spilman, Thomas & Battle
Justin Seibert Rich Shaffer Jeff James
Direct Online Marketing West Virginia Credit Union League Microsoft Corporation
Thank you!

23. Special Thanks To:
The Clay Center for Arts and Sciences
Terrell Ellis & Associates, Inc.
Katalyst Development Strategies
American Public University System
Maple Creative
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Glenville State College
Charles Jupiter Hamilton
National Conservation Training Center
Spilman Thomas & Battle
University of Charleston
Summers County Judicial Annex
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
WVNet
Our Creative Community guests from
A Vision Shared
around the state
Mike Basile, Kenny Perdue and
Leadership Council

24. Create WV: Building Creative Communities for the New Economy
• It’s already happening here
• We can build from our trendsetter communities
• It’s about local vision, planning and leadership
• The resources are available
• Create WV will unite, equip and communicate
createwv@visionshared.com
jeffj@microsoft.com
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