Creative Class Roadkill

Dr. Richard Florida, the leading voice of the creative class concept, often highlights the fact that creative class workers cluster together in just a handful of major creative hubs in the U.S. and the world.

What does this mean for those regions that do not currently have the creative magnet industries? Should we give up and stick to traditional "old economy" industries, or work harder to develop critical mass and momentum in the creative industries?

Clearly we in the Create WV initiative believe in the latter. West Virginia may never achieve the creative industry scale of Southern or Northern California, or Boston, New York or Washington, DC/Northern Virginia. However, the creative sector already accounts for well over 1/4 of all West Virginia's jobs, and it is the fastest-growing segment according to Workforce WV reports.

Although West Virginia will never be a Detroit in terms of auto manufacturing (which is a good thing, these days), we can still be the very best we can be by building a high-tech auto manufacturing niche (which we have been doing). In the same way, there is no reason that West Virginia can't become a unique, attractive base for creative class entrepreneurs and workers who are more inclined to set up their creative shop in a rural setting than a major urban center. 

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[Deepali Pawar]

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