Creative Investments in New Orleans

At the forum, participants-guided by local, regional and national experts-will strategize ways to prioritize arts and cultural activity and foster a greater working relationship between the non-profit arts and private creative industries sector as an important part of the states economic development. The forum will elicit ideas and action plans for affecting the new governor and lieutenant governors administrations. Discussion will inform a working paper that will be disseminated to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the state legislature, local officials, and the creative sector within three to six months of the meeting-making the report and its policy recommendations a timely resource for future planning.