There’s an ecology of cultural assets in a community, three Conway students have been discovering in Brattleboro,Vermont, as they map the fabric of situations and relationships of the arts in that Connecticut River town. And that ecology means a great deal to the whole community, not just to a few “creative types.” Those relationships and resources are part of the resilience a community needs when it gets a jolt, such as Brattleboro did in 2011 with tropical storm Irene and earlier that same year with a prominent murder.
Read the full report on Cultural Assets Mapping for Brattleboro, Vermont, here.
