Transcript Building the Creative Rural Economy The View from AGRG

Building the Creative Rural Economy
The View from AGRG
Dr. Bob Maher
Senior Research Scientist,
Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG)
Middleton NS
Annapolis Royal
March 2009
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John Howkins: the Creative Economy
He suggests several sectors generate
creative products. These include:
advertising, architecture, art , crafts,
design, fashion, film, music, performing
arts, publishing, scientific research and
development, software, toys and games,
TV, radio and video games.
Ref: Creative Economy: how people make money
from ideas 2001, pg 4
• Design London is a €6 million joint
effort of the Royal College of Art and
Design and Imperial College
London`s Faculty of Engineering
and Business School. It was
developed in response to the Cox
Review`s call for greater
collaboration among science,
engineering, business and creative
design as a necessary boost for
lagging innovation in the UK
economy.
MaRS
• MaRS is a convergence and
innovation centre in Toronto that
fosters collaboration between
communities of science, business,
and finance through the physical
collocation of structured networks.
Pg 19
David Carruthers
• ‘Mapping is a very deliberate form of
narration….. one of the important
things to decide is what`s going to be
on it, what`s the story you want to tell
and how to tell that story’
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David Carruthers,
President of PlanLab
from CBC Ideas.
Unfolding Visions
Charles Simpson
• The science of exploration is based on
mapping. Modern maps have
functioned as a mechanism for
systematic exploitation of other lands
and people. Charles Simpson
argues……………………………………
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Simpson C R. 1992 Mapping an Extreme Landscape in J. Kleis & B. Butterfield (ed). Renaming the Landscape
Charles Simpson
• The mapping activity itself is a ritual of
taking possession. It includes marking
boundaries, recording and naming
topographic features, and fragmenting a
fluid landscape of human and animal vitality
of life forces passing from nature to people
and from generation to generation- into an
abstract configuration of spatial coordinates
and the domains of discrete sciences.
Simpson, 1992
Ref. Michael McGinnis (ed) 1999 Bioregionalism
pg 195-6
Creative Rural Economy
Prince Edward County, contains 4 waves of
economic prospects
• Barley Day 1860-1890
• Dairy – 27 Cheese factories
• Garden of Canada - 4O canning factories
1950-1980
• Creative Rural Economy
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Prince Edward County
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Prince Edward County
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2004 Economic Development Strategy
‘Zero competitive advantage’
Quality of Place – primary economic asset
Four pillars
– Culture
– Tourism
– Agricultural (specialized)
– Business and commerce
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Economic Impacts
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Tourism visits up 74% ; spending up 168%.
Property Assessment - up ¾ of a $1 billion
$20-$30 million investment - Picton downtown
Population
– Decline (2001 census)
– Rising 2% (2006)
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Economic Impacts
• $45 million in wine industry investment (over 7
years)
• $50M-$85 million in wine sales 5-7 years out
– Doubling agricultural GDP
• Building permits up 300% over 7 years.
– Booming construction industry
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Cultural Strategic Plan
• Multi-stakeholder Steering Group
• Cultural resource mapping
• Community identity mapping
• Community engagement
• Council adoption
• Cultural Roundtable and implementation
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Innovation
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Cultural Mapping – Two Kinds
Cultural Mapping
Resource Mapping
Identity Mapping
‘Tangibles’
‘Intangibles’
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Resource Mapping
Cultural
Heritage
Natural
Heritage
Creative
Industries
Cultural
Facilities
Cultural
Resources
Festivals and
Events
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Non-Profit
Cultural
Organizations
Cultural
Businesses
The Story So Far
• July 2008 - Visit by Brian Arnott to AGRG
• Sept. - Novita submit proposal to Town of
Lunenburg includes cultural mapping
• Dec. - Greg Baeker submits proposal to
Creative Muskoka
• Feb. 2009- Visit to Fernie, Toronto, MaRS
• Mar - Annapolis Royal – this venue
At the Local Level
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Community Mapping: Port George
Cultural Mapping: Annapolis Royal
ADEDA: biomass supply
MTRI: Lake Atlas
Community Identity Mapping
• Stories are the DNA of culture
• What defines this place?
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Images
Places
Stories
Unique quality of life
• Narrative of culture and place
• Authenticity and collective memory
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Help people tell local stories…
Invite the community to share their favourites…