With Insights From San Antonio's Local 782
Presenters: Lottie Spady, DeAnne Cuellar, San Antonio Local 782

Between the film industry tax incentive program and the growing recognition of Detroit as a music capital, we have the potential to develop a media-based economy in Detroit. This tour will invite Detroiters and non-Detroiters to visit a variety of sites throughout the city where this potential is brewing. We will discuss the challenges and celebrate the achievements of the community media movement in Detroit, made up of music production, literary publishing, citizen produced media, graphic arts, web based applications, TV and film. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss critical questions such as: How do we navigate the slippery slope between media-based economies, “creative-class economies” and gentrification? and What models exist in other cities to ensure that cooperative, community-based economics are integrated into media-based development?