The knowledge sector economy initiative is being facilitated by the Richard Florida Creativity Action Team, Catalytix Inc.  Catalytix partners with forward-thinking regions to help stimulate regional prosperity through the implementation of innovative strategies, based on The Creative Class Theory of Economic Development, via a nine-step process:

A nine-step project plan has been completed through step 8:

1)   Start-up, Cape Fear Future Team Formation and Backgrounding

2)   Serious 4-T Benchmarking (Quant)

3)   Focus Groups and Town Hall Meetings (Qual)

4)   Regional Arts and Amenities Survey (Quant)

5)   Occupational Cluster Analysis (Quant)

6)   SWOT (Joint Qual and Quant)

7)   Regional Knowledge Economy Strategy

8)   Tactical Implementation Cookbook

9)   Regional Knowledge Economy Summit