It's Your Creatives, Silly

Setting an intentional economic development strategy and promoting the hell out of your creative industries are best practices other mid-markets can learn from. 

While neither Austin nor Nashville are perfect, both cities took early leaps into investing in talent recruitment and retention— and as a result, got a good start on other cities just now getting serious about the future.

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