KAREN CRAIG

Consultant & Speaker | Community Transformations | Experience | Contact

Community Transformations

Governments, developers and community organizations can create thriving, profitable and sustainable environments to live, work and play. Community transformations begin by analyzing problems and opportunities, organizing partners, developing strategies and mobilizing resources. Leveraging these opportunities can challenge even the most skilled professionals. Community transformations require bold vision, entrepreneurial models and public-private collaboration. These transformations do not have to be expensive to add vibrancy to a community. Imagination, determination and resourcefulness can yield powerful return on investment.

“Without Karen Craig, we might still be debating whether people would come downtown.”
– Editorial, Reno Gazette-Journal 1/31/01

Crowded Wingfield Park Amphitheatre

Artown attracts 350,000 people downtown, generates $15,000,000 annually (15:1 ROI), and has helped to attract over $400 Million of investment in downtown Reno.