Groningen = creative city

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In her policy letter Creative City: Groningen = innovative, Policy letter strengthening the creative city of Groningen indicates to the municipality its ambitions and the outlines of a new program for the creative city: Groningen has always been a creative city. A creative city is a city with an attractive business climate and an attractive and stimulating climate for art producers, innovative companies, creatives and talents. In 2007, the creative industry in the municipality of Groningen included a total of 1,696 companies (including software). Breakdown by industry shows that creative business services with 921 branches have the greatest importance in the overall sector. The number of companies in the creative industry increased by more than 550 between 2003 and 2007. Compared to 15 other Dutch cities, Groningen scores a 5th place. Both when it comes to the total number of fortresses and when it comes to the share of the number of creative companies in the total number of branches. It can be concluded that, especially when we look at the competition, this is an excellent score.

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33 https://data.groningen.nl/sites/default/files/open-data/gron-creat-stad.pdf

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  • creatieve-stad
  • vestigingsklimaat
  • creatieve-economie

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