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Mayor declares 'Creative Economy Day'
SALEM — The North Shore's first "creative bump" was held last night at Finz restaurant, a get-together for some of the more than 200 businesses that make up the city's creative economy.
The event was held to focus attention on and try to expand the "creative economy" — a business sector that includes artists, musicians, writers, engineers, graphic designers, architects, consultants, museum curators and others who generate jobs, products and services through creativity.
Creative businesses on the North Shore account for more than $3 billion in annual sales and employ 20,000 people, according to a study released this year by The Enterprise Center at Salem State College, The Salem Partnership and the Creative Economy Association of the North Shore.
On the North Shore, the creative economy initiative involves the communities of Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, Marblehead, Gloucester, Lynn, Rockport, Amesbury and Newburyport.
At last night's event, Mayor Kim Driscoll declared yesterday "Creative Economy Day."
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