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Rick H. Jones ...Rick Jones shows us how this synthesis of arts and creative cities works...
-Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class
Silent Rise:
A City, the Arts, and a Blue-Collar Kid
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Hamilton, Ohio, was at a crossroads as the city faced enormous challenges in 1989. A dying downtown, a closed auto body plant, major industries facing external control or closure---and conservative civic and business leaders made the courageous decision to turn to the arts for a solution. Silent Rise takes us on the twenty-five year journey of this author as Hamilton came back from the brink to thrive. On this journey you will meet a variety of characters, learn a bit about the city's arts history, see the arts rise in one city, and better understand the power of the arts to transform lives and communities. This is a story of transformation and hope with an uplifting victory.
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In his debut memoir, Rick dispels the cultural myth that the arts are reserved for the elite and shows that any community – no matter the controversy and challenges – can vastly improve economically, educationally and socially by putting the arts in the hearts and minds of everyday people.
...thank you, Rick Jones, for showing us how a focus on arts and culture can breathe life and bring people from all walks of life together and transform America's communities." -Quint Studer, author of Building a Vibrant Community and The Road to Renaissance.
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