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Understanding the number of direct resources we in Brighton and Colorado have is amazing. Everything we ever wanted to know about arts, culture, growing our passion into a thriving business in now available to all.
Let’s take advantage! Let’s learn! Let’s grow! Let’s make magic happen!
Understanding the number of direct resources we in Brighton and Colorado have is amazing. Everything we ever wanted to know about arts, culture, growing our passion into a thriving business in now available to all.
Let’s take advantage! Let’s learn! Let’s grow! Let’s make magic happen!
Brighton Economic Development Corporation
At the Brighton Economic Development Corporation, we are here to provide the comprehensive data and resources that site selectors and business representatives need to do a comprehensive search of the Brighton area, online, anytime. Let us show you why our community may be the ideal place to grow your business. We are here to assist you during the whole process. Contact us today at 303-655-2155 and let us know how we can help your business.
Click here to learn more!
Can you be a business owner and still be an artist?
There are many talented and successful artists working hard every day to do what they love. Some people are able to periodically earn money with their passion, but for many artists, that income is not enough to consider it a “living.”
North Metro Denver SBDC - Brighton Satellite
The Brighton Small Business Development Center a satellite office of North Metro Denver SBDC has information, professional business advisors and many resources that will assist you navigating through the licensing and permitting requirements, and other regulatory issues while offering research tools and community resources to help you successfully start, grow and manage a small business.
Our consultants can provide guidance and assistance related to:
At the Brighton Economic Development Corporation, we are here to provide the comprehensive data and resources that site selectors and business representatives need to do a comprehensive search of the Brighton area, online, anytime. Let us show you why our community may be the ideal place to grow your business. We are here to assist you during the whole process. Contact us today at 303-655-2155 and let us know how we can help your business.
Click here to learn more!
Can you be a business owner and still be an artist?
There are many talented and successful artists working hard every day to do what they love. Some people are able to periodically earn money with their passion, but for many artists, that income is not enough to consider it a “living.”
North Metro Denver SBDC - Brighton Satellite
The Brighton Small Business Development Center a satellite office of North Metro Denver SBDC has information, professional business advisors and many resources that will assist you navigating through the licensing and permitting requirements, and other regulatory issues while offering research tools and community resources to help you successfully start, grow and manage a small business.
Our consultants can provide guidance and assistance related to:
- Business Start-up
- Cash flow analysis
- Business Plan development
- Market research
- Loan packaging
- Government procurement
- Financial and business analysis
- Marketing & sales
Colorado’s Creative Economy
The description of the creative economy used for this study is specific to the talents, outputs, and inventive processes unique to Colorado. It combines two populations: creative enterprises and creative occupations.
Creative Economy Study
The 2008 study “Colorado: State-of-the-Art, Key Findings from The State of Colorado’s Creative Economy” found the following:
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts Study reveals
Metro Denver arts & culture generated $1.76 billion in Economic Activity Denver metro area arts, cultural and scientific organizations rebounded from the economic crisis in 2011, generating $1.76 billion in Total Economic Activity and $527 million in Economic Impact, according to the 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver conducted by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA).
The description of the creative economy used for this study is specific to the talents, outputs, and inventive processes unique to Colorado. It combines two populations: creative enterprises and creative occupations.
- A creative enterprise is defined as any company for which the primary value of its products or services is rooted in its emotional and aesthetic appeal to the customer.
- A creative occupation is defined as a job in either a creative industry or non-creative industry in which the work itself is inherently creative or artistic.
- The creative economy encompasses both of these groups, which overlap.
Creative Economy Study
The 2008 study “Colorado: State-of-the-Art, Key Findings from The State of Colorado’s Creative Economy” found the following:
- 186,251 jobs in the state are associated with creative enterprises and creative occupations
- Colorado’s creative enterprises employed over 122,000 individuals in about 8,000 establishments
- Another 64,000 individuals worked in creative occupations in non-creative enterprises
- Employee earnings in creative industry jobs, including employee benefits, were $5 billion
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts Study reveals
Metro Denver arts & culture generated $1.76 billion in Economic Activity Denver metro area arts, cultural and scientific organizations rebounded from the economic crisis in 2011, generating $1.76 billion in Total Economic Activity and $527 million in Economic Impact, according to the 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver conducted by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA).
