Everyone talks about bringing jobs to Michigan, and this week's Prosperity Agenda features Michigan Municipal League Dan Gilmartin and guest co-host Paul Schutt, co-founder and CEO of Issue Media Group. Michigan can retain our local talent and recent college graduates by creating communities where they will want to live and work. During the show, we hear from cities like Austin, Texas, and what they are doing there, but we’ll also discuss the exciting things happening right here in Michigan—from Detroit to Kalamazoo.
SHOW 3: Cultural Economic Development
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Cultural Economic Development: Paul Schutt
Paul Schutt, co-founder and co-CEO of Issue Media Publications, is the co-host of this month's show. Schutt's company has multiple online publications that deal with development and positive stories about people and businesses working to revitalize Michigan. Research shows how people are moving to cities not because of jobs, but because of what he communities have to offer.
Cultural Economic Development: Ken Nacci
Ken Nacci, president of Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. explains how his community is quickly becoming known for the development taking place there and how it's starting to draw college-educated millennials. Development leads to economic progress.
Cultural Economic Development: Carol Coletta
Carol Coletta is president and CEO of Chicago-based CEOs for Cities. She's also host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show, Smart City. She talks ways to develop great cities that excel in the areas most critical to urban success: talent, connections, innovation and distinctiveness. Having talented people is vital to a community's success.
Cultural Economic Development: Vincent Kitch
Vincent Kitch is formerly of Lansing and is now heavily involved in the arts, entertainment and cultural community in Austin, Texas. He currently Cultural Arts Program Manager at the City of Austin's Cultural Arts Division. He talks about how Austin officials promote themselves as the music capital of the world. There are many lessons Michigan can learn from Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas has bred a culture of encouraging creativity.
Cultural Economic Development: Sean Mann
Sean Mann of the Let's Save Michigan group talks about a recent poster contest his organization did with the Detroit Insititute of Arts and the effort to have people sign a petition at lestsavemichigan.com to support the arts in Michigan. Supporting the arts is one way we can rebuild Michigan's cities.
