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DEPARTMENT
OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM News
Release LINDA
LINGLE
GOVERNOR
THEODORE E.LIU, DIRECTOR
Phone: (808) 586-2355
Fax: (808) 586-2377
For
Immediate Release: February 2006 DBEDT
Release
The Arts, Film and Entertainment
Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism,
State of Hawaii, is seeking the Hawaii’s arts community help in
participating in a survey of industries in Hawaii’s Creative Economy.
Collectively, each creative professional, no matter how small their
business, is a significant contributor to Hawaii’s economy.
Participants are asked to provide information that will help to
illustrate the significant role the collective work of Hawaii’s creative
industries plays in Hawaii’s general economy.
The Creative Economy is
defined as the economic activity of a broad spectrum of commercial businesses,
individuals, cultural enterprises, nonprofit institutions and government
agencies that directly or indirectly produce goods and/or provide services
that are based on intellectual property rooted in, or generated by, artistry,
design, aesthetic value or cultural enterprise.
Preliminary
data about the industries in Hawaii’s Creative Economy reveals that there
are over 17,000 people employed in this cluster of industries.
These figures do not include independent contractors or sole
proprietors. So it is likely the
Creative sector is much larger.
Through the information gathered
from the community’s participation in this survey DBEDT intends to:
- Create
a living network of businesses, organizations and people
- Identify
needs to help direct resources to create programs to grow businesses and
increase the public’s awareness of art products and services.
- Establish
reliable data and information about specific art sectors
Through programs established the
individual artists will be:
- Benefiting
from the recognition and promotion of products and services to the
community, businesses and potential customers.
- Improving
and honing their skills in media and business; and
- Networking
with similar and complimentary individuals, businesses and services.
SMS research is conducting the
survey on behalf of the State. Surveys
will be mailed directly to participants and organizations.
They can also fill out the survey on the web thru this survey
link
For questions regarding the survey
please contact Ms. Jenine Dankovchik of SMS Research at (808) 440-0737 or toll
free at 1-877-535-5767 or by email at jdankovchik@smshawaii.com.
For
more information about this program, please contact DBEDT at: Telphone:
(808) 587-2584 Fax:
(808) 587-3388 Address:
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804 ### For
more information, contact: Dave
Young Communications Phone:
(808) 587-1212 Email:
dyoung@dbedt.hawaii.gov |
