Check out Dayton’s C Space - spurred by our Creative Class Leadership Program launched last March.
Creative Incubator is energizing the city core by providing venues for street-level culture and arts…
The Dayton Creative Incubator Initiative is conceived as a project to bring life back to one or several vacant downtown spaces by working with building owners to allow local artists to use the spaces for creating and displaying art- as well as providing community spaces where artists, musicians and other creatives can hang out, network and simply exchange creative ideas.
What an amazing transformation! What do you think about Dayton’s C Space?
January 21st, 2009 at 11:40 am
Looks great but how do they pay rent?
January 21st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I’m managing facilities at c{space as part of the operations team, under the leadership of the DaytonCREATE’s Creative Incubator Initiative.
We are receiving the space to do this for the cost of some utility payments – the space has been vacant for years, and the building owner has been very generous towards us both in terms of financial agreements and creative control over the space. Another local group I work with, the Dayton Circus Creative Collective, is signing the lease to cover insurance, and we’re holding weekly burrito nights there.
Come on down to Dayton sometime and check us out!
We’re on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44652113316&ref=nf
and also on DaytonCREATE’s website: http://www.daytoncreate.org
January 21st, 2009 at 4:47 pm
In talking with my SO (who is originally from Enon, just down the road from Dayton) he mentioned that Dayton started the rebuilding process by purchasing a minor league baseball team and situating the stadium downtown. I thought this beginning point interesting because of the post several days ago about pro sports & their impacts on cities. In Dayton, ss more people came into the area to see games, the city was able to gradually expand the revitalization outwards through initiatives like this.
Personally, I like seeing spots like this in my local community. It makes them more vibrant and livable. As a Torontoian, it reminds me of Liberty Village before the condos or of the recent revitalization of Ossington/West Queen West through art galleries and creative spaces (including knit cafes & stores where you can rent space at sewing machines by the hour).
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
That’s a great thing for the building owner to do!
Sounds like you have a great setup.