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The Potential Of Downtown Las Vegas Becoming A Creative Milieu, Ana Magdalena Barragan
The Potential Of Downtown Las Vegas Becoming A Creative Milieu, Ana Magdalena Barragan
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The city of Las Vegas is attempting to revitalize downtown through a creative economy by bringing cultural and experiential activities to the area in a mixed use arrangement with residential, business and civic uses. This study looks at the possibility of not only revitalizing downtown, but on it becoming a true creative milieu - a place that fosters creativity and innovation. It does so by first identifying three major forces working upon the realization of these goals: 1) the regional socio-economic conditions, 2) the government strategies, and 3) the creative population's participation.
The study conducts a quantitative assessments of each, …
The Usher Plant Review And 8-Point Action Plan, Center For Economic Development
The Usher Plant Review And 8-Point Action Plan, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The Usher Plant is located on Arch Street off of Route 2 in Erving, Massachusetts in the center village of the town. The plant is a rich part of the social, economic, and cultural identity of the town and its residents. The Erving Paper Company occupied this plant from 1964 to approximately 1990, when the company consolidated and moved its operations leaving over one-hundred workers either displaced or unemployed and the Usher Plant vacant.
The closing of the Usher Plant approximately 10 years ago has had a tremendous impact on the community residents, as well as Erving's center village merchants …