Creative Sector Is Vital to a Thriving City, Create Birmingham’s New CEO Says
Friends were encouraging Quang Do to apply for the president and CEO role with Create Birmingham when he coincidentally found the first check he had ever received for performing spoken-word poetry, as a 19-year-old. It was from Create Birmingham. “I remember seeing that check and being like, ‘Oh, this is weird, all the pieces coming into play,’” Do said. “I really have been preparing myself for an opportunity I didn’t know was Create (Birmingham).” He knew he…