Overview of Vermont's creative legacy, a brief introduction to the Office of the Creative Economy, a description of Vermont's creative economy as presently defined, and opportunities for support. Presented to the Vermont Technology Alliance February 25, 2014

1. Vermont’s Office of the Creative Economy
Supporting Creativity, Innovation
and Entrepreneurship in the Green Mountains
Vermont Technology Alliance
February 25, 2014

2. Goals
Introduce the Office
Share key ideas shaping our work
Start the conversation
- Learn from your experience
- Identify bottlenecks, opportunities

5. Origins
“The office of the creative economy is
created within the agency of commerce
and community development in order to
build upon the years of work and energy
around creative economy initiatives in
Vermont, including the work of the
Vermont film commission.”
H.287 passed in 2011 legislative session

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13. Mission
“The Office shall provide business,
networking, and technical support to
establish, grow, and attract enterprises
involved with the creative economy,
primarily focused on but not limited to
film, new and emerging media, software
development, and innovative
commercial goods.”

14. Focus
Film and new media
Software and game development
Advertising and new media
Manufacturing arts
Arts and cultural organizations
* Architecture, Publishing, Music

15. Industries
Occupations
For-profit
Companies
Sole proprietorships
Freelancers
Independents
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Museums
Libraries
Education Insts
Arts Admin
Presenting Orgs
Professional Assocs
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16. Starts to look like...
2,591 creative businesses
Employ 7,854 Vermonters
4.78 percent of businesses
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Employing 2.16 percent
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17. What’s missing...
Software, web services, games, etc
Independent workforce, freelancers
Education and training
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18. Key Activities
Networking
Marketing and promotion
Technical assistance
Research
* Policy advisory, policy development

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21. Economic Growth
Incentive
Procurement Technical
Assistance

22. Research
Creative economy benchmarking
Best practices
Trends
* Policy advisory, policy development

23. The ecosystem is the conversation...
Growth support
Growth incentives, venture finance
Startup finance and support
Angels, incubators, accelerators, competitions
Idea generation and concept development
Coworking, makerspaces, networking events

24. Let’s discuss
How are you involved in advancing
Vermont’s creative economy?
What role do you see for State in helping
to advance Vermont’s creative economy?

25. Connect
@VermontOCE
facebook.com/vermontoce
vermontoce.tumblr.com
instagram.com/vermontoce
youtube.com/vermontoce

26. Thank You!
Lars Hasselblad Torres
802-917-1788
lars.torres@state.vt.us
@VermontOCE