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Creative Community Index
Cultural
Initiatives Silicon Valley, in partnership with the City of San José
Office of Cultural Affairs, Americans for the Arts and the Knight Foundation,
has just completed a major research initiative to develop quantitative
measures of cultural participation and creativity in our region. The resulting
publication of the Creative Community Index includes more than
30 indicators designed to gauge the health and vitality of cultural activities
in our region and the importance of creativity to the vitality of Silicon
Valley.
The
development of quantitative measures for this project has followed two
parallel tracks. First, interviews with local residents about their breadth
and frequency of cultural participation, and second, an in-depth survey
of local arts and cultural groups throughout the region about their activities.
The survey was designed to gather a range of data about the current health
and vitality of nonprofit arts groups in the region.
For
this effort, Cultural Initiatives constructed an exhaustive database of
530 organizations and associations using information provided by the City
of San José, Arts Council Silicon Valley, tax filing information
from the IRS and incorporation filings from the California Secretary of
State.
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For more information
on the Community & Neighbhorhood Arts initiatives, please contact John
Kreidler at
john@ci-sv.org, or 408.283.7000. |
