Kingston Creative

Thousands of people in the Hudson Valley are looking into how to create their own jobs after experiencing layoffs or underemployment during COVID-19. If you're just getting started and don't have a lot of money, there are some tools that you can use to get a solo, work from home business started online.

New year, new website:

Next Tuesday AIGA Upstate New York will be holding World Interaction Design Day 2019: Trust & Responsibility. Our very own Fox Green will be presenting: Art Washing: The Role of Artists in Gentrification, Talk & Community Conversation. The event will be from 6-8 Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster. See you there!

Hot new website launch: we designed and set up email automation for Draw Botanical's new website and collaborated with the folks at Tilt Shift Digital, who did the development. If you like drawing and art, consider checking out Draw Botanical's courses, which combine step by step videos and instructions with live critiques via Youtube and in-person retreats and events.

The Ulster County Department of Health and Office of the Ulster County Executive have set an ambitious goal of lowering opioid overdoes by 50% within two years. We caught up with the coordinator of the task force to get an update on their progress.

Restaurants: they have healthy choices, folks. Here are 23 places in Kingston that have a healthy option, the latest Live Well Kingston blog post: