Heads of local creative industries say they'd like to see more support from Beacon Hill and City Hall, though Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Martin J. Walsh both have said supporting the creative industries is a priority of their administrations.
"We really have the opportunity to kick Silicon Valley's ass," said Greg Selkoe, founder, owner and CEO of Karmaloop, the world's largest online streetwear retailer. "It's the complete antithesis of what young entrepreneurs want ... The state should be more aggressive. One of the things we don't do well is market ourselves."
At a panel discussion on the creative industries — such as publishing, fashion and music — Selkoe also told nearly 100 people in Boston's Innovation District that the T still closes earlier than any major subway system in the world, and that Boston doesn't have a 24-hour gym.
Panos Panay, founding managing director of the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and founder of Sonicbids, an online platform that connects bands, music promoters and major brands, lamented the fact that Boston has no major music festival.
In an email yesterday, Melina Schuler, a Walsh spokeswoman, said some of the first steps the mayor has taken to support the city's creative economy are taking tourism and special events out of arts and culture so the work being done on the latter two isn't diluted, and joining the Boston Main Streets Foundation in awarding seven grants totaling $33,000 to support creative projects.
Helena Fruscio, Patrick's creative economy industry director, said Massachusetts is the first state to have such a position, and the governor also established the Creative Economy Network to help grow and support creative industries statewide.
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