"Whether artists' lofts lure tourists or graphic designers enhance manufacturing, the benefits of the creative economy are everywhere. Today New England is learning the value of fully integrating this source of growth into economic-development agendas." Beate Becker, former director of the New England Creative Economy Initiative, explains how culture can foster new industries and employment in an article for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Creative economies can not only enhance life and revitalize communities, but also foster new industries and employment.