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Eggs & Issues

Quincy Hentzel , President & CEO of Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce about this month’s Eggs & Issues. 

Future-proofing Maine through Art and Design with Dr. Laura Freid

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM 

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 65% of America’s children will hold jobs that have yet to be created. Arts and design education is crucial to providing the critical thinking, creative problem solving, risk-taking, collaboration, and innovation skills needed for this future entrepreneurial economy. As the major driver of Portland’s creative economy and a net importer of the area’s young, creative, and diverse workforce over the past 140 years, Maine College of Art & Design has made Portland a go-to location for living, working, and visiting.

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