and/or work in Providence as part of Creative Providence: A cultural plan

for the creative sector. As you may know, Mayor Cicilline recently launched

Creative Providence to explore the strengths and weaknesses of the capital

city’s creative community. The Creative Providence cultural plan will

become a guide to public policy, private initiative, and investments for the

citizens of the city to build a sustainable creative community.

As part of this effort, The Hive Archive is organizing two Creative

Providence focus groups. I hope you will join us for either:

Thursday, December 4th *or* Thursday, December 11th

Both groups will meet at 7:00pm at my place (67 Hillside Ave).

I invite you to join us in this important community-wide conversation about

arts, culture, and creativity in Providence. We will consider what is

working and what needs improvement in Providence’s cultural landscape in the

context of the city’s current and future conditions. This will be a meeting

of creative women who live and/or work in Providence in a casual and safe

setting – please come prepared to share your thoughts, visions, ideas, and

feelings about our City. I will share a summary of our discussions with the

Creative Providence initiative to help define issues and suggest actions for

the cultural plan.

Both meetings will be the same so you need only attend *one* focus group. If

you would like to participate, please respond to

apartment is small and and space will be limited – be sure to reserve a spot

soon.

For more information, you can learn more about Creative Providence at

–

Alyssa Holland Short

Executive Director

The Hive Archive