Resources listed in this section offer convincing examples and evidence of the impact of art space development and ways they benefit neighborhoods, a range of opportunities and funding programs to make space affordable, and a large section on building creative communities and creative economy research. The later is augmented with examples of and information about successful arts and cultural districts as a mechanism for community revitalization. An overview of ways to create artist space with links to more detailed information and great examples can be viewed in the following link: Creating Artist Space Advocating for Space The first steps to advocating for space can include cultural planning and cultural inventorying a summary of which are on the ArtistLink site at: Making the Case Cultural Planning Cultural Inventorying

• Keeping Boston's Creative Capital: A Survey of Artist Space Needs Boston Redevelopment Authority, June 2003 A survey of Boston-area artists that covers three areas: it quantifies the demand for artist space, documents artist interest in renting or buying space, and articulates specific design elements and building features required by artist space. The survey addressed key issues such as current space arrangements and work information, projected space needs and preferences, and demographic information.
• Jackson, Maria, Artists Space Development: Making the Case and Assessing Impacts, Urban Institute, Prepared for Leveraging Investments in Creativity, 2006.
• The Arts and Smart Growth: The Role of Arts in Placemaking
• Leveraging Assets: How Small Budget Art Activities Benefit Neighborhoods
• Bruner Loeb Forum: Transforming Community through the Arts Bruner Loeb Forum
• Ellis, Adrian, Valuing Culture, background paper for Valuing Culture conference hosted by Demos, AEA Consulting, the National Theatre, and the National Gallery in London, UK, June 17, 2003.
• Social Impact of the Arts Findings from a number of related studies conducted by the University of Pennsylvania on the presence of cultural activity in neighborhoods, social cohesion and revitalization.
• Culture Counts in Communities A framework for measurement, Maria-Rosario Jackson, Ph.D., Joaquin Herranz Jr. Arts and Culture Indicators in Community Project of the Urban Institute, Washington, DC.
• Getting Better Design in Your Community. Adele Fleet Bacow. Designing in the City: A Guide for Advocates and Public Officials, Island Press, 1995.
• Creating Space for Artists and Cultural Activity. Adele Fleet Bacow. Designing in the City: A Guide for Advocates and Public Officials, Island Press, 1995.

Making Space Affordable Click onto the following link to find an overview of ways to make artists space for affordable with links to more detailed information and great examples: Financing and Development Resources Other important resources:

• Walker, Christopher, Artists in Community Revitalization: Artists Space Development and Financing, Urban Institute, Prepared for Leveraging Investments in Creativity, 2006.
• Creating Artist Space: Report to the Boston LINC Working Group, Community Partners Consultants, Inc, October 2003.
• ArtistLink: Financing Space
• Square Feet Chicago Section on how to finance artist live /work projects
• NYC Capital Resource Guidebook This Capital Resource Guidebook is a reference point for organizations searching for funding (whether as grants or loans) and technical assistance in the New York region (and also some national) as they undertake a major capital project.
• Local Initiative Support Corporation LISC provides capital, technical expertise, training and information in the form of grants, loans and equity investments to community development corporations (CDCs) for neighborhood redevelopment. LISC offices around the country provide different forms of financing. The LISC website includes a long list of resources, online training sessions and access to the Knowledgeplex, a large site of shared information about the development of housing and other community-based projects.

Developers of Artist Space The following is a list of community development organizations that have developed artist spaces:

• Toronto Artscape Artscape champions community-driven arts facility development by: building public/private sector partnerships; designing self-sustaining operating models for facilities; supplying management services for construction and renovation projects; conducting research and studies; and providing guidance and workshops. Artscape's portfolio is an array of properties that provide low-cost work and live-work studios to professional artists, offices for non-profit arts organizations, and resources for the non-profit and charitable sectors.
• [SPACE] Founded in 1968, [SPACE] provides affordable studios and professional development to 400 artists across London, UK at 16 sites.
• Acme Founded in 1972, ACME is a London-based charity that supports the development of fine art practice by providing artists with low-cost studio and living space. It has helped over 4000 artists with this fundamental means of support.
• Wasps Artists' Studios Founded in 1977, Wasps Artists' Studios is a charity, operating about 420 studio spaces across Scotland for some 750 artists.
• Artspace Projects Founded in 1979, this non-profit development agency for the arts is based in Minneapolis and has created space for artists and their families in 13 projects across the U.S. with many more in development. Their website contains a link to an interesting forum: www.mnartists.org/community/forum.jspa?forumID=32&start=0
• Cultural DC The Cultural Development Corporation creates opportunities for artists and arts organizations that stimulate economic development and improve the quality of life. Their scope includes service to artists and arts organizations, property owners, developers and residents throughout the DC metropolitan area.
• Artspace Utah Artspace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit community development organization founded in 1980 and working to revitalize neighborhoods by creating mixed-use projects that incorporate affordable housing, cultural amenities, and commercial spaces.
• Artspace Connecticut Since 1995, ArtSpace Connecticut, LLC has renovated distressed historic buildings and converted them into residential rental apartments. Beautiful old buildings in Hartford, Norwich and Windham have been completely rehabilitated to provide attractive, affordable housing. ArtSpace apartments are designed to meet the needs of artists and online media professionals, programmers, entrepreneurs, and others who seek a safe, attractive environment with generous space to live and work.
• Activspace A provider of artist space on the West Coast.
• Artists and Cities This is a local non-profit artist space development corporation for the City of Pittsburgh.

Technical Assistance Providers for Artist Space

• Orgspaces.org This San Francisco organization provides technical assistance to non-profits on all issues relating to the building and maintaining of space. The website is full of useful information divided into: finding space, long-term solutions, technical assistance (including a glossary of real estate terms), financing and funding, and a library of research.
• ArtHouse Arthouse serves as a clearinghouse for information about artists' studio and live/work space and cultural facilities. ArtHouse provides an artist certification service for artist-restricted housing units.
• ArtistLink ArtistLink is a new collaborative effort to create a stable yet dynamic environment for Massachusetts artists. ArtistLink achieves this mission by taking a leadership role on artist space by providing individual artists, developers, and municipalities with targeted information and technical assistance and by advocating for relevant policy changes at the state level. It has a comprehensive website which includes technical assistance information around the artist space issue for artists, developers and municipalities.
• Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) LISC provides capital, technical expertise, training and information in the form of grants, loans and equity investments to Community Development Corporations for neighborhood redevelopment. LISC offices around the country provide different forms of financing. LISC has a history of initiating bold projects with CDCs that offer significant financing for projects that affect cities. The LISC website has a great resources section that describes and provides training on the development process. It includes a long list of resources, online training sessions and access to the Knowledgeplex, which is a large site of shared information about the development of housing and other community-based buildings.
• Technical Assistance Providers This site offers a simple web list to other organizations that provide technical assistance for affordable housing. It also contains links to many useful organizations.
• Urban Land Institute This website offers a plethora of information on real estate, including access to its monthly magazine, links to other resources, training modules, and numerous other resources. Access to some of the information requires membership.
• Angel Arms Works Angel Arms Works is a group of artists who came together and purchased a building and developed it into studios, sharing many of their lessons of their project in their website. Of the most interest here are two easy to use tools for artist space. The first is a check list of all of the things one needs to do to develop space, the second is a basic tool which allows one to estimate the cost of construction. Go to drop down box and click on live/work checklists: www.angelarmsworks.com/karen/project_checklist.htm www.angelarmsworks.com/karen/project_cost.htm
• Thomas Dolan Architecture Thomas Dolan is an expert on building live work space in Oakland, CA This web site has a lot of good information for architects and developers of artist space, including a good section on building codes and information about unit types.
• ArtSpace Seattle ArtSpace Seattle is a grass roots, artist driven, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving existing artists spaces, advocating for new artists spaces and educating on the benefits of having artists spaces in our community. Has an interesting way of presenting information into "Problems" and "Solutions" with blogs from artists.
• Art in Ruins ArtInRuins is a place where people can come together and discuss the issues affecting art, artists, musicians and architecture in Providence, RI. Has a discourse on artist space in the Stories section: writing from local papers, transcripts of community meetings, examples of what has worked and not worked in other cities, and their own perspective of what is happening in Providence, as well as local rumors and rants.
• Fort Point Arts Community, Inc. Boston, MA Currently the main activities of FPAC are artists lease negotiations for the 33 floors rented from the Boston Wharf Company; advocacy for Fort Point artists in relation to the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project, the South Boston Seaport Master Plan and the Convention Center; exhibitions in the FPAC Gallery and the annual Open Studios weekend.

Buildling Creative Communities Resources for creative economy and cultural planning work:

• Community Cultural Planning Handbook: A Guide for Community Leaders Craig Dreeszen, Ph.D. 1997. Published by Americans for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Distributed by Americans for the Arts and The Arts Extension Service. The Community Cultural Planning Handbook provides an overview of the practice of cultural planning to help local officials and community and cultural leaders decide if cultural planning makes sense for their communities, and if so, how to proceed. Community cultural planning can be used to identify and mobilize cultural resources in service of improved cultural and community development.
• Community Cultural Planning Work Kit Developed by Louise K. Stevens, ArtsMarket, Inc. in association with the AES staff. 1987. Vol. I: Conducting a Community Cultural Assessment Vol II: Developing a Strategic Cultural Plan Community cultural planning is an effective way to identify appropriate strategies for community and economic development through the arts. Two comprehensive, how-to books guide the reader from the initial steps of assessment through the final stages of a comprehensive strategic plan.
• Creative Community Builder's Handbook: How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture by Tom Borrup. Art and culture can be a powerful catalyst for revitalizing the economic, social, and physical conditions in communities. This handbook gives you successful strategies, best practices, and “how-to” guidance to turn cultural gems into effective community change.
• Maine's Creative Economy Community Handbook A how-to for creative businesses and communities interested in creative economy issues.
• Designing the City: A Guide for Advocates and Public Officials by Adele Fleet Bacow is a practical manual on getting better design in your community, creating successful partnerships, securing funding and support for projects, and incorporating art and spaces for artists in city development.
• Arts, Government and Community Revitalization, Stanziola, Javier, 2002. An economic assessment of the arts that goes beyond standard economic analysis to encompass the economic geography of organizations, their interactions and politics. Available from Ashgate Publishing.
• The Creative Engine: How Arts and Culture is Fueling Economic Growth in New York City Neighborhoods, Center for an Urban Future, November 2002.
• Strengthening Communities through Culture - An Issues Paper, Elizabeth Strom, Center for Arts and Culture (USA). Discusses ways in which America's communities can be identified with, and supported and enhanced by, their art and culture.
• Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business Mt Auburn Associates has performed a study of the creative economy in Louisiana.
• Americans for the Arts Creative industries data/info website
• Creative Community Index: Measuring Progress Toward a Vibrant Silicon Valley; Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley
• The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators Charles Landry, published by Comedia. Draws on examples from around the world to set out a new radical vision for cities with creative solutions to their problems.
• Arts and Smart Growth: Paper from the Funders Network on the Arts and Smart Growth
• Strategies for Creative Spaces, Phase 1 Report, a joint venture between the London Development Agency, the City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture divisions and the Ontario Ministries of Economic Development to develop strategies to enhance the growth and development of creative spaces and industries in both cities.
• Cultural Strategies for Creative Communities, an Americans for the Arts monograph, by Bill Bulick, with Carol Coletta, Colin Jackson, Andrew Taylor and Steven Wolff, 2003.
• Cultural Development and Municipalities, Creative City Network of Canada. A compilation of input from members about cultural development in their cities. Available as a PDF download from their web site.
• The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability: Culture's Essential Role in Public Planning, John Hawkes, Common Ground Publishing in association with the Cultural Development Network, Australia, 2002. Explores the many different ways that culture affects and relates to patterns of human activities and policy realms.
• The Creative Economy Initiative: The Role of the Arts and Culture in New England's Economic Competitiveness, The New England Council, June 2000 The first in a series of reports, two of which have been published, that defines the “Creative Economy” or the non-profit and commercial sectors associated with the arts and culture. It seeks to measure the economic significance of this cluster through an analysis of both the businesses and individuals who are engaged in artistic or cultural fields.
• The Creative Economy Initiative: A Blueprint for Investment in New England's Creative Economy, The New England Council, June 2001 The second in a series of reports on New England's 'Creative Economy', this report provides an expanded analysis of the creative industries and includes nonprofit cultural organizations in addition to businesses and individual artists. This report builds on the previous report by outlining a plan for expanding the economic growth of the creative economy.
• Culture is Our Common Wealth: An Action Agenda to Enhance Revenues and Resources for Massachusetts Cultural Organizations, The Boston Foundation, 2004. Released by the Cultural Task Force, this report proposes an action plan to address problems confronting Massachusetts' cultural community.

Arts and Cultural Districts Here is an overview of Arts and Cultural Districts with links to more detailed information and great examples: Arts/Cultural Districts

• ArtistLink has an extensive section on the creation of and management of arts districts.
• Los Angeles Downtown Arts District This organization is a collection of artists who live in an arts district in LA. This is an example of an interesting online informational forum for a local artist group that might be linked to or replicated on a national level with pictures of participating artists and their work. It also has shared stories on maintenance of spaces.
• Cool Cities Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm's kicked-off the "Cool Cities" initiative in June, 2003 throughout the state, in part as an urban strategy to revitalize communities, build community spirit, and most importantly, retain our "knowledge workers" who are leaving Michigan in alarming numbers. Cool Cities is about creating hot jobs in cool neighborhoods throughout Michigan. It's about attracting and encouraging people – especially young people – to live, work and shop in the cool cities they are working hard to create together. Through surveys, reports and identification of resource available to communities, this program is just getting off the ground in attempting to support creative workers in the community.
• Fenway Cultural District Boston, MA