- Distribution of creative firms by zip code in South Florida    622 kb by    Prosperi, David | prosperi@fau.edu    Short Outline The spatial distribution, by zip code, of creative firms in South Florida region is described. Location quotients show concentration of creative enterprises. Specific space-consumption characteristics of specific creative enterprises are described. Abstract The creative class is not a homogeneous group nor can it exist without its support workers. It follows, therefore, that different portions of the creative economy (e.g., the super-creative arts, design and media firms and/or the engineering and science firms will have different location preferences, reveal different spatial patterns within a regional environment, and exhibit agglomeration tendencies with specific other types of firms. This paper unravels these preferences, patterns, and spatial partnerships by examining selected sectors of the creative economy within the South Florida region (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties). The region contains about 5 million permanent residents and its two consolidated metropolitan areas both rank among the top 50 places in Florida’s US-based creative class index. The research strategy is twofold. First, the spatial pattern of both creative and non- creative firms are described and mapped by zip code. Location quotients are created for each firm type by zip code. Stratifying the overall region into many smaller geographic areas allows the identification of both spatial concentrations of firms by sector (both creative and non-creative) as well as any agglomeration forces among sectors of the economy. Throughout this effort, special emphasis is placed on two specific economic sectors: the arts and recreation sector (because of its similarity to the mostly European concept of culture quarters) and the constellation of engineering and science firms (because of their centrality in the new economy). Additional special emphasis is devoted to finding those “merely creative” and “non-creative” firms that must exist near creative ones. The initial findings are then followed with fieldwork to build up visual evidence that documents more specifically those places and spaces that have attracted creative economy concentrations and corresponding agglomerations Keywords Creative Firms, Spaces, Locations Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2005: Making Spaces for the Creative Economy   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper