Creative Community Inc.
Creative Community Inc. is a 501(c)(3) who’s mission is to foster accelerated growth for creative communities by providing organizational support for start up entertainment and arts organizations and projects. Beginning in 2011, the original mission of CCI was to provide spaces, experiences, mentors, and gatherings for gifted artists and leaders to discover, develop and discipline their dreams through refreshment, encouragement and diffusion of ideas. After a transition to the current President, Ron Alley, CCI was reimagined to further the original mission statement and provide an outlet to musical and artistic organizations throughout Middle Tennessee.
Mission Statement
We exist to foster accelerated growth for creative communities by providing organizational support for start up entertainment and arts organizations and projects.
Diversity and Underserved Statement
Creative Community, Inc supports a creative life for all and promotes policies and practices that empower a just, inclusive, and equitable community. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations.
Arts Advocacy Statement
One of our main purposes is the growth of creative communities. This includes an on going focus on arts advocacy with municipal, county, and state leadership. This has included but is not limited to city and town mayors and councils, county mayors and commissioners, Tennessee state representatives and senators and county elected school board members. Our President, Ron Alley has been an active member of Tennesseans for the Arts, and has assisted in organizing Arts Advocacy at the state capital for Rutherford County since 2017. He was also a founding board member for the Rutherford Arts Alliance, and currently he and Secretary, Jeffrey Keever serve on the board for RAA. Ron Alley currently serves as the vice-chair for the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for the Town of Smyrna and is currently working on process to create a 3, 5, and 10 year master plan for the Town of Smyrna. In addition, Ron is currently working with the LaVergne City Mayor, Jason Cole toward the development of an Arts and Culture Commission for the City of LaVergne and development of municipal master plans in Art development.