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Where a Creative Community Makes Waves
Connecting Creatives, Brands & Community
New England Coastal Creative (NECC) is where creativity meets connection — and where a creative community truly means business.
We celebrate and elevate brands, entrepreneurs, and destinations making waves across New England and beyond. Through content, media, events, and creative services, we bring together the people and partners shaping the modern coastal creative world.
Events & Experiences
Create • Celebrate • Elevate
From large-scale creative summits like ELEVATE and BLOOM to intimate gatherings, workshops, and destination pop-ups, NECC events are designed to connect and inspire. From networking gatherings and creative retreats to destination media trips and brand activations, each experience immerses creatives in the most inspiring corners of New England — fostering authentic connection, sparking collaboration, and showcasing standout brands doing extraordinary things.
Content & Media
Creative Confidential • Currents Weekly • Social Storytelling
Through our Substack and podcast, Creative Confidential, we share founder stories, creative insights, and business guidance for women making waves.
Our Currents Weekly newsletter keeps the community in the know — spotlighting what’s new, now, and next across the creative coast.
And across social media, we continue the conversation daily — celebrating trends, launches, and collaborations that inspire.
Community & ConNECCtions
Connecting Creatives, Brands & Opportunities
The heart of NECC lies in its people. Through conNECCtions, we spotlight our community, share collaborations, and celebrate creative wins.
Our Directory connects brands, entrepreneurs, and creatives ready to collaborate, while our Community Calendar highlights the events and activations bringing us all together.
Creative Services
Studio • Suite • brandBox™
Our creative agency offerings are designed to help brands grow, collaborate, and create with intention.
NECC-STUDIO → PR, social media, design, and marketing support for small businesses and destinations.
NECC-SUITE → Influencer management, brand collaborations, and creator campaigns.
brandBox™→ Turnkey content trips connecting brands, creators, and destinations.
Meet Founder Kim Thomas
Connecting is her Superpower & Passion
After beginning her career on Wall Street, Kim Thomas quickly pivoted to follow her creative instincts—launching kimPrints in 1998, a design studio specializing in stationery, gifts, and home décor inspired by the timeless sophistication of Southern New England’s shores. What began as a passion for design evolved into a 25+ year career creating and marketing products that celebrate coastal living and the art of connection.
In 2016, she founded Shorelines Illustrated, a lifestyle and media brand highlighting the distinct charm of coastal New England. With a natural gift for building community and connecting people, Kim went on to launch New England Coastal Creative (NECC) in 2020—leveraging her network and storytelling expertise to unite brands, entrepreneurs, and destinations through content, media, and events.
Today, Kim leads a dynamic creative collective that bridges creativity and commerce. Through NECC-STUDIO, NECC-SUITE, and BrandBox, she helps businesses and creators collaborate, grow, and make waves. Her blend of digital storytelling, community-building, and live experiences has turned NECC into a hub for creative entrepreneurs, tastemakers, and coastal destinations.
From signature events to standout partnerships, Kim has built a community that thrives on connection—spotlighting the people, places, and stories that inspire others to seek, shop, and savor the coastal lifestyle.
When she’s not creating or connecting, you’ll find Kim in Greenwich, CT, with her husband of 25 years, Alex (fondly known as “Mr. Kim”), and their two not-so-little-anymore children, Matthew and Lauren. She treasures time with family and friends, laughter-filled gatherings, and beach days with a glass of bubbly in hand—often chasing sunsets across her favorite seaside towns, from Nantucket and Cape Cod to Watch Hill and South County, Rhode Island.
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