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Recipe for Economic Success: Talent and a Sense of Place
In a recent editorial Florida's Eden Executive Director Annie Pais outlined the "recipe" for economic success: talent and place, and how this is playing out in Gainesville. For ten years Florida's Eden has been working to promote talent and place as a model for regional economic success.
What is our community's winning recipe for economic success? We have two essential ingredients. Our first asset is our vast pool of talent.
- LaChua Trail, Gainesville, FL. Photo by Gabe
We have a rare concentration of creative people living here and contributing to all 12 sectors of the creative economy: biotechnology, innovation technology, architecture and design, visual arts, health and wellness, performing arts, sports and recreation, music, food and agriculture, communications and digital media, cultural heritage and literary arts. Local talent permeates each of these sectors, making the Gainesville area a wellspring of ideas, model programs, rich cultural innovations and inventions. The creative work of each adds immense value and wealth creation to this community. The result is that the Gainesville area is emerging as a national and global hot spot. In the last two years alone Gainesville has been named as one of America's 25 smartest cities, one of the nation's top 10 small cities, a hot spot for young professionals and a top bike-friendly city. Forbes Magazine even listed Gainesville as one of the best places for business and careers. | read more
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Florida's Eden works at the confluence of the economy, environment and education to build a sustainable and prosperous economy based on the assets of talent and place. Our programs work within broad parterships to recognize and nurture the creative talents of Florida's people and communities; and to foster conservation-first strategies to protect the assets of our natural environment.
Florida's Eden is the registered name of the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, The Artists Alliance of North Florida, Inc. (AAONF, Inc.) which is registered with the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services as required by law.
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