Contribution of the Arts in Creating Healthy Resilient Communities

1. Contribution of the Arts inCreating Healthy Resilient Communities Reflecting the North Regional Realities in Art, Craft and Culture Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 4, 2011 Jude Ortiz

2. Community Based Research Institute Supporting Sustainable Communities Local, regional, national and international socio-economic development Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) program 4 year BA; 3 year BA Certificate in CESD Spring Institute-professional development Off-site delivery www.nordikinstitute.com info@nordikinstitute.com NORDIK Institute @NORDIKInstitute

3. Community Resilience Sault Ste. MarieBuild on Strengths, Create a Vital, Sustainable Community Jude Ortiz and Dr. Linda Savory Gordon

4. 4 Pillars of Resilience Resilient Community Economically Viable Socially Equitable Environmentally Responsible Culturally Vital

5. Re-visioning and Transitioning to Place Based Economies Wealth is generated by the creative development of local assets people, financial, natural, cultural and historical “ You’ve got to win with what you’ve got” Ted Nolan, NHL Coach

6. Place is transformed a geographical location to a community with a distinct identity • marketed to attract and retain citizens • investment • promote tourism

7. Community Resilience Community Resilience Why are some communities able to adapt, transition and prosper while others with similar assets are not as successful? Success is dependent upon the community’s resilience • i.e. capacity to absorb shock, adapt, and prosper when faced with significant change, while retaining its fundamental identity

8. Place Intersection of land, history, culture and ideology Culture defines place Place defines culture Our personal relationships to place Malleable and constantly changing

9. Understanding Place Relationships and connectedness among and between citizens and organizations the built environment the land

10. Arts : Relationships Arts : Relationships

11. Arts : Resilience

12. Local markets • Critical linkages between producers and consumers • Direct interfaces create a domestic market • Educational component • Value of experience is high • Economic and social benefits

13. Linking people across sectors Arts events utilized as building blocks for other entrepreneurial activities Dense web of relationships Alliances Network of resources

14. Supporting further development • Strategic planning : develop local assets • Engage culture sector in further development • Infrastructure: built and organizational • Space: meeting and gathering, creation, retail, consumption • Networks and information flows

15. Supporting further development • Education and training • product design and development • collective and cooperative development • entrepreneurial capacity • value of craft and the local economy • Only government has the authority to develop policy and leverage resources in establishing place-based economies around culture

16. Community Based Research Institute Supporting Sustainable Communities Local, regional, national and international socio-economic development Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) program 4 year BA; 3 year BA Certificate in CESD Spring Institute-professional development Off-site delivery www.nordikinstitute.com info@nordikinstitute.com NORDIK Institute @NORDIKInstitute