Field Trip Opportunity: Innovative Initiatives in Downtown Clarksdale
Location
CCHEC
Start Date
19-7-2018 8:30 AM
Description
Stop 1: Coahoma Collective
Coahoma Collective is a new nonprofit that is catalyzing arts-driven, community-inclusive revitalization in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi. In its first year, Coahoma Collective is sponsoring the launch of an artist-owned garden center and general store, and is developing a 20- room, artist-run hotel that will create jobs, facilitate community creativity, and expand existing tourism in the region. Participants are invited to tour Collective Seed & Supply Co. (the “Collective,” located at 145 Delta Ave.) to meet the artist/owners and tour the retail/garden center, community meeting areas, and performance/maker spaces (much of which is still in progress!), and to view a floor plan of the future Travelers Hotel, which will open in early 2019.
Stop 2: VR Academy
Participants will get an introduction to Virtual Reality by wearing high-end VR Head Mounted Displays and experiencing VR first-hand. They will then get a demonstration of the tools and processes used to develop VR experiences. Local students currently enrolled in the VR Academy will be on hand to show their work.
Stop 3: Meraki Roasting Co.
Meraki Roasting Co. is a program of Griot Arts, a non-profit organization with a mission to create a community of students who are actively engaged in making their community a better place through the arts and community service. Every day ambitious young people come to work at Meraki Coffee to learn to roast coffee while building skills that will help them come closer to finding their God-given calling. While we are making excellent coffee, we teach young people in Clarksdale what it means to work with the Meraki ideals: to put soul, creativity, and love into their work. Visitors to Meraki will have the chance to learn about more about the program while trying our small-batch, freshly roasted coffee and exploring a variety of other products from local producers and artists.
Relational Format
Conference Proceeding
Recommended Citation
Attendees, Conference, "Field Trip Opportunity: Innovative Initiatives in Downtown Clarksdale" (2018). Delta Regional Forum. 18.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/dr_forum/2018/schedule/18
Field Trip Opportunity: Innovative Initiatives in Downtown Clarksdale
CCHEC
Stop 1: Coahoma Collective
Coahoma Collective is a new nonprofit that is catalyzing arts-driven, community-inclusive revitalization in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi. In its first year, Coahoma Collective is sponsoring the launch of an artist-owned garden center and general store, and is developing a 20- room, artist-run hotel that will create jobs, facilitate community creativity, and expand existing tourism in the region. Participants are invited to tour Collective Seed & Supply Co. (the “Collective,” located at 145 Delta Ave.) to meet the artist/owners and tour the retail/garden center, community meeting areas, and performance/maker spaces (much of which is still in progress!), and to view a floor plan of the future Travelers Hotel, which will open in early 2019.
Stop 2: VR Academy
Participants will get an introduction to Virtual Reality by wearing high-end VR Head Mounted Displays and experiencing VR first-hand. They will then get a demonstration of the tools and processes used to develop VR experiences. Local students currently enrolled in the VR Academy will be on hand to show their work.
Stop 3: Meraki Roasting Co.
Meraki Roasting Co. is a program of Griot Arts, a non-profit organization with a mission to create a community of students who are actively engaged in making their community a better place through the arts and community service. Every day ambitious young people come to work at Meraki Coffee to learn to roast coffee while building skills that will help them come closer to finding their God-given calling. While we are making excellent coffee, we teach young people in Clarksdale what it means to work with the Meraki ideals: to put soul, creativity, and love into their work. Visitors to Meraki will have the chance to learn about more about the program while trying our small-batch, freshly roasted coffee and exploring a variety of other products from local producers and artists.
