While creativity is widely valued in California's Silicon Valley, a solid majority of the valley's movers and shakers believe the region is slipping in its ability to attract creative workers, a new report finds.

Funded by Adobe Systems, Inc. and the Knight, Irvine, Packard, and Hewlett foundations, and published by San Jose-based Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley, the report, 2005 Creative Community Index: Measuring Progress Toward a Vibrant Silicon Valley, found that a majority (58 percent) of eighty-four regional leaders surveyed lamented the valley's perceived lack of cultural opportunities.