By Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region
While 74% of Americans prioritize experiences over products or things, nationally, it’s estimated that consumers spend $160 to $180 billion annually on experiences. In 2023, 93.3 million visitors to Colorado spent nearly $28.3 billion experiencing our state.
Join the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region for our LEVEL UP! Speaker Series, which will deliver timely, relevant topics to the creative sector and greater economy and help attendees to better understand the value of arts and culture as an economic – and experience – driver.
The first of three events, “LEVEL UP! The Experience Economy,” will be held on Feb. 7 from 8-10 am at the Meanwhile Block in downtown Colorado Springs (119 Costilla St., Colorado Springs, 80903).
The Experience Economy is an economy where moments matter. This panel will unpack how purpose, creativity, business models, legal and financing work together to support businesses and entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of this market opportunity. Learn from experience design experts in how to bring people together, and keep them coming back for more, while also harnessing new models of business for sustainability and strength.
Kick off First Friday by learning from two incredible creative business owners, experience design experts and game-changers of the creative sector.
Hosts:
- Frankie Toan // Rainbow Dome
Rainbow Dome’s mission is to steward our collective joy. Based in Denver, Rainbow Dome is a queer-centric hub that gathers people across differences to experience joy-in-motion through art and activities. They are a community venue for roller skating, entertainment and art, with a vision of a more playful world that values accountability and connectedness.
- Brian Corrigan // Farm-to-Spaceship
Corrigan is a creative placemaking artist-designer-entrepreneur working at the intersection of the experience economy, technology and community development. His socially-engaged practice spans rural/urban/suburban communities and focuses on sparking and supporting the development of healthy, inclusive and vibrant neighborhoods for all people. His projects have been published in Streets Reconsidered: Inclusive Design for the Public Realm and The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place.
Tickets are $10 and advanced registration is required. RSVP here: https://cootppr.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F11709 More information: https://www.culturaloffice.org/resources/creative-business-resources/
Specials thanks to the Pikes Peak Community Foundation for their sponsorship of the LEVEL UP! Speaker Series.
