🔹 Focused Learning Tours in Princeton

Come solo or with a team from your community for a custom, hands-on experience designed just for you. Whether you’re interested in creating public art, working with local government, launching an open mic night, using a music and arts festival to build community, revitalizing vacant spaces, leveraging creative media, or any other topic that aligns with your vision, we’ll tailor the experience to your needs. Meet the artists, entrepreneurs, and local leaders who have helped transform Mercer Street, and walk away with real-world strategies to apply back home.

➡ Free for West Virginia communities—contact us to schedule!
➡ Outside WV? We’d love to host you! Contact us for pricing and details.

🔹Free Coaching & Mentorship

We're pleased to offer ongoing, flexible coaching for anyone engaged in creative placemaking. Whether you need strategic guidance, problem-solving support, or connections to key resources, we’re here to help—virtually or in person when possible.

🔹 The CYS Convening

October 24-26, 2025

Our statewide gathering is back! This weekend-long event will bring together changemakers using arts and creativity to drive community transformation for a powerful experience of peer learning, networking, panel discussions with creative leaders, hands-on workshops, and the Star Changemakers Awards. If you’re looking to connect with others who are leveraging the arts for impact, this is the place to be.

📅 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for details!

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Join the Movement

Create Your State is more than a program—it’s a growing network of visionaries dedicated to using creativity as a tool for revitalization, economic growth, and cultural connection. Whether you’re just beginning or looking to take your work to the next level, CYS is here to support you.

âž¡ Interested in a Focused Learning Tour? Guidance? Attending the Convening? Contact us today!

Let’s keep building, creating, and transforming—together.