Across rural America there are disruptive leaders who are finding the courage to ignite their small local communities with creativity, ingenuity, scrappiness, and collaboration despite political, racial, or religious differences. By combining skills, experience, and culture heritage, they are successfully igniting their own creative economies. Many of these communities are providing products and services to much larger urban areas and are thriving in international trade. In addition, they have capitalized their own unique cultural heritage and have developed a bustling tourism industry. All ha.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Turbulence of Our Times
• Chapter 2: Developing the Disruptors
• Chapter 3: Institution and Governmental Support
• Chapter 4: Cultural Districts
• Chapter 5: Cluster Group Development
• Chapter 6: Toolkits, Framing, and Advisory Councils
• Chapter 7: Education
• Chapter 8: Emerging State Programs
• Chapter 9: Branding and Funding
• Chapter 10: International Programs and Possibilities
• Chapter 11: The Future
• Chapter 12: Conclusion
• Related Readings
• About the Author
• Index