Thanks
Acknowledgements Mayor’s Creative Economy Council
Henry T. Perea, Council Member, City of Fresno Suzanne Bertz-Rosa, Graphic & Web Designer, Bertz-Rosa Design Craig Scharton, Senior Director of Economic Development, One by One Leadership Timothy M. Stearns, Director, Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fresno Frank Delgado, Founder, Urban Tribe Six Blog and Music Director, KFSR Marcos Dorado, Artist Jarah Euston, Founder/Editor, Fresno Famous Jocelyn Fuller, Freelance Editor & Copywriter Tate Hill, Business Development Coordinator, Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development Jaime K. Holt, Public Information Administrator, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Shawn Miller, Business Development Manager, City of Clovis Robert V. Saroyan, Vice President of Development, Community Medical Foundation Robert L. Wood, President, Generation Homes City Staff on Project Economic Development Department
Lynn Bowness, Economic Development Manager Kelly Trevino, Economic Development Analyst
Barbara Rische, Executive Secretary City Manager’s Office
Gary Watahira, Management Analyst III
We would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their help in producing this document. Office of Mayor Alan Autry Henry T. Perea, Fresno City Council Joyce Aiken. Fresno Arts Council Arte Américas Reza Assemi, Artist/Urban Developer Lynn Baker JP Batmale, RJI Renewable Energy Task Force Tony Boren, Council of Fresno County Governments Paula Castadio, KVPT, Fresno Coalition for Art, Science and History Chris Johnson, Johnson Architecture City of Fresno Economic Development Department Cynthia Cooper, Fresno Coalition for Art, Science and History Creative Fresno John Dahling, Photographer Dan DeSantis, Fresno Regional Foundation John Downs, City of Fresno Transportation Department Fresno Art Museum Fresno Filmworks Fresno Metropolitan Museum Fresno’s Leading Young Professionals (FLYP) Jason Hall Karana Hattersley-Drayton, City of Fresno Historic Preservation Project Manager Gord Hume, City of London (Ontario, Canada) Gary Janzen, Janzen IdeaCorp Javawava
Dr. Tom Jones, Worx Mark Keppler, Clovis Community Foundation and Tree Fresno Bill Kuebler, Tower District Marketing Association David Lighthall, Relational Culture Institute Jim Michael, RJI, Technology Infrastructure Task Force Marlene Murphey, City of Fresno Redevelopment Agency Bruce Owdom, Tower District Marketing Association Jesse Padilla Steve Potter, Community Medical Foundation Victor Ramayant Reel Pride Allyson Robison, Office of Community and Economic Development at California State University, Fresno Jon Ruiz, City of Fresno and RJI Physical Infrastructure Task Force MaryAnne Seay, City of Fresno Parks & Recreation Department Ashley Swearengin, Office of Community and Economic Development at California State University, Fresno The Taylor Group Dan Whitehurst, former Mayor and Fresno City Council Member Russ Widmar, Fresno Yosemite International Airport Nick Yovino, City of Fresno Planning and Development Participants of the CEC Summit
Special Thanks
The Mayor’s Creative Economy Council wishes to extend a special thank you to Mayor Alan Autry, Council Member Henry T. Perea, and Creative Fresno for their leadership in embracing the Creative Cities Movement.
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