Economic Development Strategy, Planning, and Evaluation
Mt. Auburn provides a full range of consulting services in the field of economic development analysis and strategy. Working with a variety of public and private organizations, the firm creates effective economic development policies and programs that promote economic growth and stability, job generation, and the improved functioning of capital markets.
recent projects
Utilizing Tax Incentives to Cultivate Cultural Industries and Spur Arts-Related Development
Parks and Beaches: Common Cents for the Commonwealth
Economic Vitality & Competitive Cities
Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business
World Trade Center Economic Recovery: Rebuilding the Economy of Lower Manhattan
Creative
New York
A study on the creative economy of New York City, co-authored by the Somerville-based consulting firm, Mt. Auburn Associates, is generating attention in both artistic and business circles and has now led to a significant investment on the part of the city. On Tuesday, April 4, 2006, leaders of New York’s creative economy gathered with government officials at the Museum of Modern Art to discuss their ideas for keeping New York City at the forefront of the world’s creative economy. At the conference, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city would create a new office to assist arts organizations to flourish in the city despite the high costs that threaten their survival.
The conference was organized as a follow up to Creative New York, a study by the Center for an Urban Future and Mt. Auburn Associates, a consulting firm that focuses on economic development analysis and strategy. Released in December 2005, the study described the “creative sector” — defined broadly to include advertising, publishing and broadcasting, as well as the arts — as a critical element of the city's economy. The report was a major topic of discussion at the conference yesterday and was referenced innumerable times by the high profile speakers that included choreographer Bill T. Jones; Clive Gillinson, executive and artistic director at Carnegie Hall; Terry J. Lundgren, the chief executive of Federated Department Stores; Ann Moore, CEO of Time Inc; and James Schamus, a co-president of Focus Features and a producer of the film “Brokeback Mountain”.
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