Real Business Support. Real Community Building.
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
Creative Collective Explores
Find what’s happening across Essex County—events, city guides, local stories, and the small businesses that make each community worth exploring.
EXPLORE ESSEX COUNTY
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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.
Work With Us
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.
Markets & Opportunities
Find vendor opportunities at Creative Collective markets, festivals, and community events across Essex County.
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.
READ THE CASE STUDY
In Their Words
Dot Connector Consulting
Creative Collective has been integral to our growth and has put us in contact with grants that helped us not only survive but thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the past year, we have been able to lean on the team at the Collective and our fellow members to create new partnerships and create a very steady stream of referrals. In addition to the connections, the team is always making recommendations and keeping us aware of opportunities, trainings, and resources to help us sustain and scale.
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Thank You to Our Corporate Partners
Their support helps Creative Collective champion local businesses, artists, and communities across Essex County.
