Business View Caribbean | July 2020

26 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2020 5. Online platform - Uses online methods, website/social media to engage globally 6. Alternative - Experiments with new financial models, communities and sectors The Kingston Creative Hub plans to deliver elements of all six models over the next three years. It opens in July 2020 with a variety of co-working spaces, meeting rooms and private offices for creatives and creative industry service providers (e.g. Legal, Marketing, Accounting, Human Resources, IT, Website Development). It offers a podcast studio with the option of rented equipment, a digital film/photography studio and a bar, restaurant and gallery space available on the ground floor at chic eatery F&B Downtown. Other spaces across Downtown Kingston can also be leased through the Hub, including a dance studio, theatre and animation studio. The plan is to leverage some of the unused spaces in Downtown so that they can be utilised by the creative sector. Inclusion is a key success factor and residents of the Downtown area can access the Hub services at a 50% discount, in order to encourage use by residents of the surrounding communities. The Kingston Creative Hub challenges the norm and provides an opportunity for increased collaboration, experimentation and creativity across social and industry divides. This new location offers more than a physical workspace, it is a network and a community that provides support for business development and community engagement within the creative, cultural and technology sectors. The Kingston Creative Hub is a joint venture of the Hub Coworking Ltd. and Kingston Creative and is funded by grants from the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the Tourism Enhancement Fund (a Division of the Ministry of Tourism). For more information about the Kingston Creative Hub, contact ambassador@hubcoworkingja.com . BIO Kingston Creative was founded in February 2017, and is a registered charity that is working to empower creatives and catalyze the transformation of Downtown Kingston. Within ten years we aim to develop a vibrant Art District, a thriving Creative Entrepreneur Hub and promote growth of the creative economy in order to achieve sustainable national development. PHOTOCREDIT: Shauna-Kaye Campbell The goal of the Creative Hub is to promote collaboration across the creative sector, catalyse growth in the creative economy and to explore “Createch”