Wow....And Thank You

After last year's inaugural Create WV conference, we wondered if we could recreate the same magic that was sparked by so many people from so many different parts of the state with so many different backgrounds coming together to explore this "creative community" concept.

This year's 2nd Create WV conference was different and special in its own way. Snowshoe Mountain was beautiful (and cold at times!) and more spread out. The audience was much larger. But the end result was just as magical:  Hundreds of creative West Virginians banding together to learn about and discuss major challenges and exciting opportunities for their communities and our state.

We have so many to thank. The attendees, the volunteer organizers, the speakers, the sponsors. In coming days we'll be sharing the slide presentations and handouts, photos and videos and comments from the attendees.

For now, we leave with a quiet, yet excited, confidence that the future is very bright for our state because of our commitment to creatively shaping it together. If you attended the conference, we'd love to hear from you with a post on this site or an email to createwv@visionshared.com.

Let's go create!

Comments

[Eva M. Price]

Dear Create WV,
I won't be able to attend your terrific conference but I am very much in support of the fact that we need to be active in creating those things that touch our heart, bring us forward, set something in motion and open opportunities for young learners. Fourteen years ago I started teaching classical string instruments in Martinsburg, a town I was told was focused on football and marching bands and I was warned that I most likely wouldn't be very successful with that.
Today Berkeley County has almost 500 string students, three student orchestras of various ability levels and string classes are taught in all intermediate, middle and high schools. The community has embraced that effort and our high school quartet has played for countless weddings and receptions. We are sending high school students to WV Honors orchestra and WV All-State Orchestra and HS graduates go off to study strings in college. I believe that innovative efforts are worth the hard work and that WV children and youth can be as successful as students in other places.