Explanation of the ways in which the Economic Development Department created and retained jobs in 2022

Number of people who have moved out of poverty into middle skill jobs

This dataset supports measure CLL.B.6, CLL.A.2 of SD23 and was collected from individual artists and arts organizations; both for-profit and non-profit. This data has very specific space needs by arts discipline. Data sourced from the Cultural Arts Space Survey.

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Tracking Austin's "score" on the Creative Vitality Suite Index (CVI Value) is a primary measure of the sustainability of Austin's creative industry ecosystem and the sector's share of the local economy. The CVI Value determines the per-capita concentration of creativity to determine how Austin compares, creatively to the US average and other regions within the US.

The Creative Vitality Index compares the per capita concentration of creative activity in two regions. Data on creative industries, occupations, and cultural nonprofit revenues are indexed using a population-based calculation. The resulting CVI Value shows a region’s creative vitality compared to another region.

The data is calculated and prepared by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) for the CVSuite. www.cvsuite.org

This dataset supports measure CLL.B.3 of SD23.

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The Austin Music Census data, including the reports from 2015 to present.

This dataset supports measure CLL.B.5 of SD23 and counts the total number of audience members served through the cultural and music contracts between the City of Austin and local artists and arts groups.

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Explanation of the ways in which the Economic Development Department built equitable, accessible, and affordable communities in 2022

This dataset is comprised of arts organizations and businesses’ responses to the 2017 Creative Space Survey. This survey, conducted annually, provides a platform for Austin creatives to keep the City up-to-date on current space needs provides data to inform the Economic Development Department’s creative space development efforts and includes data on current costs, sizes, and ideal specifications for creative workspaces. The results captured here were collected over the course of 2018. The Creative Space Survey is comprised of two surveys- one for individual artists and one for arts organizations and businesses. For more information or to view the other survey results, visit www.austintexas.gov/creativespacesurvey.
This survey is also used to capture Strategic Direction Metric CLL.B.6: Number and percentage of creatives who report having access to affordable creative space.
This product has been produced by the Economic development Department of the City of Austin for the sole purpose of informational reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Explanation of the ways in which the Economic Development Department amplified creative industries in 2022

The dataset exists to observe the entrepreneurial activity of Austin over a long time period. The data comes from the U.S. Census County Business Pattern table and is capturing data at the Travis County level. It contains the cumulative count of firms by employee size and count of firms by employee size by industry. This data can be used to see changes of employer growth by industry; to project where workforce growth could be occurring; or to simply see how many small businesses there are in Austin.

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