SEASIDE News

Well, I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to use “Stable” or “Sustainable” for the 2nd “S” in SEASIDE. Seems to me I had gone with “Stable” because of connotations attached to “Sustainable” back in the late 90s. Now it seems those bad feelings around the word have mostly gone away as people have become more aware of global warming and how important sustainability is in our world today. So, I’ve decided to switch to “Sustainable” - hope you like it! Any comments on that?

By the way, I’ve switched the requirement for leaving comments - you no longer need to have a user name and password. Since this site is being hosted on its own domain, I’m thinking I won’t get slammed with junk. We’ll see how it goes. [UPDATE: too much spam arrived. I've switched back to having to register. Sorry for the inconvenience.]

The Midcoast Magnet “brings people together to develop innovative projects that support creativity, livability and economic sustainability in Midcoast Maine. We are a non-profit organization of people dedicated to vibrant culture, entrepreneurship and bringing people together socially and professionally.” Check out their website, I’ve been inspired by it!

Midcoast Magnet is involved in the upcoming Juice Conference, “designed to connect people and ideas and action: all of the elements to spark growth and prosperity in a creative economy.” This sure sounds like something that would benefit Southeast Alaska!

The State of Maine put together the Creative Economy Community Handbook. It’s a PDF file and an interesting read.

Are you interested in promoting a creative economy in our region? Let me know if you are, the more energy we can get behind this idea, the better.