Real Business Support. Real Community Building.

Name: Creative Collective
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Creative Collective connects 350+ Essex County entrepreneurs, makers, nonprofits, and small businesses with active promotion, practical support, consulting, advocacy, and a regional network amplified by nine social profiles with more than 95,000 combined followers. Members learn from one another—and have real people in their corner when the work gets complicated.

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350+ members • 95K+ combined followers • Essex County-wide connections

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Find what’s happening across Essex County—events, city guides, local stories, and the small businesses that make each community worth exploring.

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How We Help

Creative Collective helps small businesses get seen, brings the right people together, and carries ideas from strategy through execution.

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Consulting, event production, partnerships, sponsorships, and hands-on execution for municipalities, organizations, and businesses.

Membership

Active promotion, practical guidance, shared resources, and a 350+ member network ready to help.

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Find vendor opportunities at Creative Collective markets, festivals, and community events across Essex County.

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Salem Arts Festival

Salem Arts Festival shows what our consulting and community work looks like in action. Since 2019, Creative Collective has co-produced this free, three-day downtown festival with Salem Main Streets—supporting 150+ artists and performers and welcoming more than 10,000 people each year. We lead fundraising, sponsorship, marketing, vendor and artist coordination, production logistics, and on-site execution.

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House of the Seven Gables

Our work with Creative Collective has been a valuable resource during the 350th anniversary of The House of the Seven Gables. Our membership with the Collective has helped us with classic events like Taste of The Gables, but has also supported us with making new community connections such as the seaside yoga events with Rebel Yell Yoga. The Gables also hired the Collective as consultants to support our first-ever Gables Fest event. Without Creative Collective, we never would have been able to make connections with the unique talents that made the celebration a success. As a community we are fortunate to have a talented group of creatives working for the greater cultural good of Salem and beyond.

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