1. Creativity and Development: Art as a Driver of Economic Revitalization Gary Steuer Chief Cultural Officer City of Philadelphia

2. MASS MocCA

4. Impact of MASSMoCA http://web.williams.edu/Economics/ArtsEc on/library/pdfs/NA%20Economic%20Impa cts%2032006.pdfhttp://web.williams.edu/Economics/ArtsEc on/library/pdfs/NA%20Economic%20Impa cts%2032006.pdf 100,000 visitors per year $15 million economic impact by visitors Improved property values totaling $14 million No sign of significant gentrification

5. Brooklyn Academy of Music

6. BAM Cultural District http://www.dbpartnership.org/lookingahead/bam cd/http://www.dbpartnership.org/lookingahead/bam cd/ Attracts 500,000 visitors per year Preservation of multi-cultural neighborhood Conversion of many old unoccuped buildings to vibrant cultural use Creation of 651 Arts to focus on diverse programming Development of new low-mod income housing

7. Crane Arts Building

8. Crane Arts 1905 industrial building in transitional neighborhood Rehab began in 2004 – now filled with artist studios, galleries and exhibition and performance space Catalyst for neighborhood transformation as creative center Crane Old School nearby now underway http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/SIAP/

9. Project Row Houses

10. “If I was an artist, he said, why didn’t I come up with some kind of creative solution to issues instead of just telling people…what they already knew. That was the defining moment that pushed me out of the studio.” Preserve shotgun row houses Many used for visiting artists and artist studio space Support program for young mothers, with innovative new housing “We can approach our lives as artists, each and every one of us,” he said. “It’s a choice people have. You don’t have to make houses the way people always have. If you choose to, you can make every action a creative act.” http://projectrowhouses.org/

11. My contact information E-mail: Gary.steuer@phila.govGary.steuer@phila.gov Blog: Artscultureandcreativeeconomy.blogspot.com Twitter: gsteuer Web: http://creativephl.orghttp://creativephl.org