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 of more than 100,000 people. Members learn from one another—and have real people in their corner when the work gets complicated.
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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.
Consulting
Strategy, fundraising, partnerships, and hands-on execution for municipalities, organizations, and businesses.
Membership & Promotion
Active promotion, practical guidance, shared resources, and a 350+ member network ready to help.
Advocacy & Community
We connect businesses, artists, nonprofits, and civic partners to solve shared challenges and strengthen local economies.
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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In Their Words
Chris O’Keeffe Creative
The reason I will always be a member is because of that flexibility. Creators don’t always know what path their projects or business are going to take. That’s why it’s creative: it’s looking at a blank space in the universe and saying “I think I can do better” – O’Keeffe Creative
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