Creative Communities is please to offer an article by guest blogger Andrew Redden, Economic Development Manager for Hastings County.

 A few short years ago I was working with the Township of Stirling-Rawdon on their downtown facade and signage improvement program. 

Creative Communities is pleased to present the second in a two-part series on the Creative Economy for small cities.

Part One of this series, explored how livability and sustainability foster the Creative Economy in small cities as much as the traditional “3 T’s”: tolerance, technology, and talent.  It is equally important to note that many of the growth strategies associated with the creative model have been perceived as less successful in smaller Canadian cities than in their metropolitan counterparts.