Explore how Memphis strategically blends economic development with the city's rich creative landscape to lay the foundation for long-term success. With the City's freshly creative Office of Creative and Cultural Economy (the fist of its kind in the city!) Memphis is modeling best practices got how a community can be intentional about investing in its artists, its institutions, and its future workforce.

This episode features live audio from Celebrate What's Right: Growing the Creative Economy which took place on April 8, 2025, and features panelists: DeMarcus Suggs (City of Memphis), Carissa Hussong (Metal Museum), Kid Maestro (UNAPOLOGETIC.), Rachel Knox (Hyde Family Foundation), and Derek Patterson (Contemporary Arts Memphis).

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• ARTSMemphis calendar
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
• Kroger
• City Leadership
• City of Memphis' Office of Creative Cultural Economy
• Hyde Family Foundation
• Unapologetic.
• Kid Maestro
• Contemporary Arts Memphis (CAM)
• Metal Museum
• Cxffeeblack
• Memphis Music Initiative
• Collage Dance Collective
• Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre
• The Brooks Museum
• Sheet Cake Gallery
• Guns to Gardens
• Moore Tech
• Memphis Culture Coalition

This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.