Thinking about creative economies...

I am hoping to do an examination of four regions anchored by community colleges and how they have adopted diverse economic practices in implementing economies that support the local culture and contribute to the ecology of community (the Flathead Reservation, Montana; Hazard, Kentucky; Gyeongju, South Korea; and Greenfield, Massachusetts). I plan to document complementary approaches to developing economic models and create compatible research strategies that can be shared among the communities as ways to stimulate the recognition, growth, and sustainability of diverse creative economies that are centered on the improvement of the quality of life for the people in those communities.