This Next Generation Digital Exchange Webinar discussed efforts to link rural arts and economic development in the Promise Zones. In 2014, the Obama Administration launched the Promise Zone Initiative, a partnership in which federal and local leaders work together to meet the specific needs of a community or region. Of the twenty-two chosen to receive this guidance navigating federal programs, technical assistance for federal agencies, and preferential consideration on select federal grants, this panel will welcome leaders from the Eastern Kentucky Highlands and South Carolina Low Country regions. Across these diverse geographies, the conversation will consider how cross-sector partnerships and engaged policymaking has created an environment where tough issues can be tackled.
Panelists:
Sandi Curd, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation
Susan DuPlessis, South Carolina Arts Commission
Jen Hughes, National Endowment for the Arts
About the Digital Exchange Webinars:
Roughly every three weeks, these Digital Exchanges will offer an opportunity for folks to come together and engage with leaders working across the dynamic range of ¬fields that compose the foundation of rural creative placemaking. Each of these one hour Digital Exchanges will feature 2-4 voices from across the country, sharing specific themes, challenges, and opportunities we collectively encounter in this work. This Digital Exchange series is made possible through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the McKnight Foundation, and is produced at the Outpost collaborative space in Winona, Minnesota, national headquarters of Art of the Rural.
Learn more at www.ruralgeneration.org/digital-exchange
