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Androscoggin County
Bates Now
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce
Center for Arts & Culture
CenTRO
Creative City Network of Canada
Creative Class
Creative Economy Council
Creative Economy Definitions
Creative Economy Research Proposal
CultureCount (formerly New England Cultural Database)
Eastport for Pride: "A Main Street Maine Community"
Education Commission of the States
Enterprise Maine
Governor's Council on Maine's Quality of Place
L/A Arts, Inc.
Maine Alliance for Arts Education
Maine Business Works
Maine Community Foundation
Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
Maine.info
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Maine State Housing Authority
Maine Technology Institute
MASS MoCA
MESDA
Midcoast Magnet
Muskie School of Public Service
New England's Creative Economy: The Non-Profit Sector:2000 (PDF)
Piscataquis County Economic Development Council
Regional Technology Strategies
REMnet
Small Business Administration
SPACE - Alternative Arts Venue
State Pulse
Stonington Opera House
The Maine Development Foundation
The Midcoast Review
The Moment News Network
The New England Council
TheRealMaine.com
The Portland Phoenix
UMaine Today: Entrepreneurial Edge
Waterville Main Street
Western Maine Arts
Western Mountains Alliance

To learn more about other state and local creative economy initiatives please visit:

Florida: Creative Tampa Bay
Iowa: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
          Imagine Iowa 2010
Michigan: Coolcities
Montana: Missoula Cultural Council
Vermont: Vermont Council on Rural Development
Wisconsin: Grow Wisconsin Creatively initiative Executive Summary (.pdf) or Full Document (.pdf)
Other Places: What's happening creatively in other Places?

In the News

Maine's Creative Economy--on the Move (The Maine Democrat)
Challenge: Capitalizing on Maine's quality of place without ruining it (Portland Press Herald)
Drawing on the creative side of Maine (Portland Press Herald)
MaineArtsMag Summer 2004 With a wrap-up section on the Blaine House Conference on Maine's Creative Economy.
MaineArtsMag Spring 2004 With a special section on the Creative Economy Conference.
UMaine Today: The Creative Economy
UMaine Today: First Impression from the President