Richard Florida

“People who are compensated for their

output and includes professional ranging from engineers and artists to

entertainers and designers”

Seeing Problems as

Interesting and

Acceptable

Confronting

Challenge

Constructive Discontent

Suspending Judgment

Seeing Hurdles as leading to

improvements and solutions

Creative Talent generates ,

starts businesses, and attracts businesses.

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TECH POLE INDEX

Brain drain/Gain Index

Difficulties leveraging and the fostering the development of employment opportunities or self employment in knowledge economy sectors

Deficient number of tools for creative talent to better enable their participation in the regional economy

Insufficient networking opportunities that reduces the ability of the creative class to meet

Lack of awareness of the amenities (art festivals, museums, wineries, music theatres) available to our

future creative leaders.

. To retain, harness, promote and build Windsor Essex’s young “creative talent” by connecting

them with the community professionally, culturally, civically, and socially, in order to foster an environment in which they can

flourish.

Provide a voice for Windsor Essex’s creative talent, based on ongoing data collection and analysis that will allow us to weigh-in on important issues facing the city in the next decade;

Provide opportunities for local creative talent to develop and implement action-oriented solutions in each of the following areas: professional development, community development, arts and culture and social engagement; and

Continually analyze the demographic trends occurring in the creative talent population and track metrics for the project’s impact on this population to determine which initiatives are successful and ensure continual improvement.