NEW YORK, NY March 06, 2008 —The artists, architects and others like them who live in Brooklyn now account for $500 millio in income per year.

Two organizations held a forum yesterday at the borough's central library on how to keep the so-called creative sector growing.

WNYC's Matthew Schuerman was there.

OUTRO: The forum was sponsored by the Center for an Urban Future and the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation.