OAK BLUFFS – Featherstone Center for the Arts on Martha’s Vineyard has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the commonwealth’s Housing and Economic Development Office to establish Co-Creative Space on the island.
Featherstone is a year-round arts center on the Vineyard that offers art classes for children and adults in a variety of art disciplines, and hosts art shows and cultural and artistic events that encompass the visual, literary, and musical and performing arts.
The organization plans to use this grant to assess the island’s need for a collaborative workspace and maker space for the creative, nonprofit, and small business entrepreneurial communities; and to create a successful business model and design plan for sustainability of the Martha’s Vineyard Co-Creative Space.
The funding is part of a $1.2 Million funding initiative for 20 Collaborative Workspace projects throughout Eastern Massachusetts.
“Massachusetts is home to an unrivaled innovation economy that has made us a destination for cutting-edge, world-class companies,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “These awards will lay a strong foundation for entrepreneurs collaborating to research and develop their ideas and businesses, driving job creation, economic growth and next generation advancements.”
The effort seeks to strengthen community-based innovation and entrepreneurship in the Commonwealth’s cities and towns. A second round of funding is upcoming in order to support building physical infrastructure to support new entrepreneurial ventures while spurring innovation and job creation at the local level.
By DAVID BEATTY, CapeCod.com NewsCenter
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