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.
about us
creative economy
Mt. Auburn Associates has deep experience in helping communities develop visionary, comprehensive, and integrated strategies to further promote and develop the arts and cultural cluster. The firm has been involved in numerous efforts that seek to define the cluster, to quantify its importance, to facilitate and engage artists and businesses within the cluster, and to develop economic development and workforce strategies focused on the cluster.
Mt. Auburn Associates believes that in many communities the arts and cultural sector is a potential source of economic growth. Our approach goes beyond using the arts as a tool for revitalizing cities or enhancing the quality of life for “knowledge-based” workers. These efforts, while important, only tap a fraction of the economic development potential of the arts and culture sector. Mt. Auburn believes that the Creative Economy is a legitimate economic cluster; an economic engine in its own right. And, creative workers are a critical component of the regional human capital base.
representative projects
Creative Economy Plan for Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
Louisiana Cultural Economy Initiative.
Creative Sector Analysis and Strategic Plan for New York City.
New England Creative Economy Initiative.
Economic Impact of the Museum of Fine Arts on Boston.
Maine New Century Program. Mt. Auburn completed an evaluation of Maine’s New Century Program, an innovative collaborative of seven state arts and humanities agencies. Mt. Auburn’s research methodology clearly defined program outputs (numbers and types of services provided, and satisfaction with program services among community grant recipients and beneficiaries), program outcomes (intermediate and longer-term community impacts of program services), and institutional developmental impacts (impacts on the capacity of local cultural organizations to undertake development activities that will translate into economic and community benefits in the future). As part of this evaluation, undertaken with support from the Pew Foundation, Mt. Auburn also prepared case studies that examined the role of historic assets, libraries, and other arts and cultural amenities to the civic life and economies of four communities in Maine.
Evaluation of Cultural Economic Development Program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).
in the news
New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Celebration of a City Reborn
April 26 2007
April 24, 2007
April 13, 2007
Expanding the Business Culture in the Berkshires
September, 2006
Louisiana Finds 'Cultural Economy' flush
August 25, 2005
Cultural Economy Conference Economy Planned in N.O.
October 30, 2004
Lincoln Center Making Big Impact in Gotham
October 13, 2004
Northern Tier Creativity Topic of Conference
September 21, 2004
Recent Study Reveals Impact of MFA...
March 14, 2002
MFA states key role in economy
May 23, 2002
May 15, 2000
The New England Council to Study Impact of the Arts
September 14, 1999
