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Passion, policy and opportunity intersected on the evening of March 13 when Atrium 916 and Black Artist Foundry held a creative economy meeting in the Russ Room on the upper floor of Solomon’s on K Street in Downtown Sacramento.
The event was held with the support of Civic Thread, Valley Vision’s We Prosper Together initiative, city of Sacramento and California Forward with the California Jobs First initiative.
“I used to come to these meetings before the pandemic,” said Faith J. McKinnie, executive director of Black Artist Foundry, prior to the event that was moderated by Atrium 916’s Executive Director Shira Lane. “Shira did this amazing thing of convening creatives. We’re talking about opportunities and solutions and meeting folks.”
Lane said one of the reasons for the event was to address an ongoing issue. “The creative economy has been not included in economic development plans for a long time,” she said before the discussion began. “It’s always been ignored.”