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HARNESSING BROOKLYN'S CREATIVE CAPITAL:
The Impact of Self-Employed Creative Professionals on the Borough's Economy

A Forum Presented by the Center for an Urban Future and
Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation

On March 5, 2008, the Center for an Urban Future and the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation held a forum examining the size and scope of the self-employed creative sector in Brooklyn, discussed the unique challenges and obstacles facing self-employed creative professionals and explored public and private sector strategies for supporting this part of the borough’s economy. Panelists included Scott Adkins, Playwright; Founder, Brooklyn Writers Space; Pauline Barfield, President, Barfield Public Relations; Sara Horowitz, Founder and Executive Director, Freelancers Union and Michael Kelly, Principal, Michael Kelly Design; Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute. The discussion was moderated by Jonathan Bowles, Director, Center for an Urban Future.

Click here to read the full transcript of the forum.

Press coverage of the forum included:

• Creatives Flocked to Brooklyn, Where to Next?, by Jen Carlson, Gothamist, March 7, 2008
• Creative Brooklynites Gather at Forum, by Matthew Schuerman, WNYC, March 6, 2008
• Freelancers Push for Own Zone, by Amy Zimmer, Metro New York, March 6, 2008
• Creatives Flock to Bklyn, But Are They Endangered?, Brownstoner, March 6, 2008
• Real Estate Round-Up, by Jacqui Ryan, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 6, 2008
• Brooklyn's 'Creative Crescent' In Danger of A Drought, by Lysandra Ohrstrom, The Real Estate Blog/New York Observer, March 5, 2008
• Art as Personal Business in the City: Brooklyn's Creative Freelance Economy, IFTF's Future Now, March 5, 2008

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