Kim Huston is the Director of Economic Development for Bardstown, Kentucky and the author of Small Town Sexy.  She will be speaking at the Creative Cities Summit on Friday, April 9th at 11am.

Creative Cities Summit Lexington is very pleased to announce the participation of a special delegation from Michigan at the conference next week.  The delegation will participate in a special session titled “Fighting Back – Messages from Detroit” on Friday, April 9^th at 11am.

“Detroit remains the psychic center of the American economy” said CCS founder and producer Peter Kageyama.  “People need to know that cities in crisis can fight back and do amazingly innovative and creative things.  That is why we wanted to bring this group from Michigan to tell those stories.”

The delegation was able to attend thanks to the support of the Michigan Municipal League and the New Economy Initiative in Detroit.  Sean Mann of the Michigan Municipal League and the founder of Let’s Save Michigan will serve as the moderator. “We are excited to share our firsthand accounts of Detroit to a wider audience and hopefully shape a richer, more optimistic narrative about our city,” said Mann.

The delegation includes:

Karen Gagnon, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Cool Cities
Eric Cedo, Unity Studios
Phillip Cooley, Los Pistoleros
Mark Covington, Georgia Street Community Collective
Claire Nelson,  Open City

Here Come the Mummies, Terrifying Funk from Beyond the Grave is coming to Buster’s the night of April 7th with a funk so strong, it’s gonna make all the cats explode. Strap in and get your tickets today!
Check out this sample.

Tickets: $15 in advance (http://www.bustersbb.com/?p=2302), $17 day of
show, 18+

All Creative Cities Summit attendees get discounted $10 tickets. Just show your badge.

Start Time: Wednesday, April 7 at 9:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, April 7 at 11:30pm

The latest agenda is now available.  Click here for printable PDF version.

Lexington, Kentucky – March 10, 2010 – Lexington’s own Legacy Center at Blue Grass Community Foundation has agreed to provide twenty five full scholarships for East End residents and others to attend the Creative Cities Summit (CCS) 3.0 scheduled for April 7-9 in Lexington, Kentucky.

“We are pleased to be able to provide an opportunity for more residents of the East End neighborhood and north side to attend this informative event,”  noted Legacy Center Director  Steve Austin.  “The content planned for this event is very relevant to the initiatives we are all focused on, specifically the revitalization of the East End, including the Lyric Theatre and the  Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, as well as the Legacy Trail. Bill Strickland’s speech in particular has the ability to be transformative for our community, especially if we are able to have a critical mass of  East End residents in attendance.”

Legacy Center scholarships will cover the full $199 registration fee for the event. Those interested in receiving one of Legacy Center’s twenty five full scholarships should contact Commerce Lexington’s Angela Carlos at 859.226.1631.

Topics included at the Creative Cities Summit will include the role and value of public art in a community’s quality of life; economic development; the Black Creative Class; Women & Entrepreneurship;  how to develop environments supportive of innovation; best practices in young professional development; innovations in transportation; sustainability; adaptive reuse and the built environment; and developing social innovation.

Summit organizers anticipate a diverse audience, ranging from economic development professionals and arts and cultural advocates to urban planners, architects, business leaders, government officials, young professionals, and college students.  The common thread is a desire to make their communities better places to live, work and play.

The full conference package is available with early bird registration for $199

Lexington, Kentucky – March 8, 2010 – Local arts funding organization LexArts has agreed to provide partial scholarships for local artists and staff of local arts organizations to attend the Creative Cities Summit (CCS) 3.0 scheduled for April 7-9 in Lexington, Kentucky.

“We are pleased to be able to provide an opportunity for more members of the local arts community to attend this summit”  noted LexArts President Jim Clark.  “The content planned for this event can translate to quickly moving forward various arts initiatives in our community, especially if we are able to have a critical mass of the local arts community in attendance.”

LexArts will be providing twenty partial scholarships to the Summit.  The scholarships will cover $100 of the Summit’s $199 registration fee, with remaining costs to be paid by the attendee.

Up to twelve of these scholarships will be available for local artists, with the remainder available for staff of local arts organizations that are currently funded by LexArts.  There is a limit of one scholarship per organization, and they are available on a “first come, first served” basis.

Those interested in receiving a scholarship should contact Commerce Lexington’s Angela Carlos at 859.226.1631.

Topics included at the Creative Cities Summit will include the role and value of public art in a community’s quality of life; economic development; how to develop environments supportive of innovation; best practices in young professional development; innovations in transportation; sustainability; adaptive reuse and the built environment; and developing social innovation.

Summit organizers anticipate a diverse audience, ranging from economic development professionals and arts and cultural advocates to urban planners, architects, business leaders, government officials, young professionals, and college students.  The common thread is a desire to make their communities better places to live, work and play.

The full conference package is available with early bird registration for $199.

Co-producer Phil Holoubek showcases the new public art piece dedicated to the Creative Cities Summit by Lexington artist Rod Lindauer.  For more information, read the full story in Business Lexington.

The Creative Cities Summit is working with the Lexington Young Professionals Association and Urban League Young Professionals to present a special half day event prior to the opening of CCS.

The Young Professionals Summit is an opportunity for young professionals, community and business leaders to come together in an open learning environment to discuss how to bridge generational and community issues affecting today’s young professionals. Attendees will have the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, build their networking skills and discover ways to get involved in the community.

WHEN:  April 7th, noon to 5pm

WHERE:  Lexington Center

REGISTRATION: $49/pp: includes lunch, afternoon sessions, and an evening reception with Governor Beshear and guest speakers from the Creative Cities Summit.  YP Summit registration includes entrance to the opening night of the Creative Cities Summit featuring Gov. Beshear, Ben Self, co-founder of Blue State Digital & Richard Florida, author of Rise of the Creative Class.

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Next American City is a national quarterly magazine about making cities better. Their Editor in Chief Diana Lind will be a speaker at the Creative Cities Summit on Thursday, April 8th in a session on Media & the City.

“I am thrilled to have Diana, a national expert on cities, urban issues and the media for this important session” said Summit producer Peter Kageyama.  The session will look at the critical role traditional and new media is playing in the shaping of community narratives and how more and more citizen journalists are changing the direction and the discourse of local media.

TrendHunter.com is the largest trend spotting website on the planet.  They relentlessly hunt down what’s cool, what’s next and what is the next “big thing.”.  Founder Jeremy Gutsche has grown Trendhunter into a trusted showcase for professionals in marketing, design, technology, and other categories. The site’s been featured or cited in over 40,000 articles, and Gutsche has appeared everywhere from Entertainment Tonight to the BBC. He’s also sought out by leading companies to speak on cool-hunting, innovation, marketing strategies, and The Next Big Thing and its relevance to their business.  In Lexington, he will address how these trends are impacting cities and communities everywhere.

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