Creative Enterprise in Waterloo Region
Simply put: It’s about jobs and the quality of life in Waterloo Region.

The Creative Enterprise Agenda links arts and the creative process to a far wider range of economic activities. It encourages innovative thinking, fosters entrepreneurial business development and builds a community that enhances quality of life while attracting and retaining a young, well-educated, diverse work force that can live anywhere – but choose to live here.

Waterloo Region’s rich cultural heritage, entrepreneurial spirit, strong value on diversity and “can do” attitude create a unique context to make this work. Our ultimate goal is to generate private-sector employment and re-employment, in Creative Age industries – those that exist and those still to be imagined. How? By providing the catalyst that creates these new jobs in these new economies.

Initiated by the Prosperity Council of Waterloo Region, the Creative Enterprise Agenda underpins everything: What work looks like. What life looks like.

We aim to undertake this by:

   ●  Improving our quality of life: Prosperity is about wellness for all citizens.
   ●  Attracting and retaining the best and the brightest: Prosperity is about supporting a young, well-educated, diverse, professional workforce in all disciplines.
   ●  Cultivating the Creative Economy: Prosperity is about providing resources to make this happen.
   ●  Fostering bold, new ideas: Prosperity is about risk, experimentation and expansiveness across the globe.

The Creative Enterprise Agenda is ultimately about community investment. To reach this objective it is vital that we strengthen and make sustainable our arts and culture sector, in turn creating a vibrant and exciting place to live, work and play. A creative sector with a sustainable infrastructure is integral to fully realize long-term growth opportunities for Waterloo Region.

For background information on the Prosperity Council of Waterloo Region visit: www.prosperitywaterloo.com

PDF documents for downloading:

Forum Presentation
Creative Enterprise Steering Committee
Creative Enterprise Timeline
Creative Enterprise - Resources Task Force
Creative Enterprise - Vision Task Force
Creative Enterprise - Structure Task Force
Enabling Organization - Call for Applications for the Board of Directors


Report on Model Communities Research
Part A   |   Part B

For more information contact: deborah.currie@sympatico.ca