Arts' Impact On the Economy

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting two articles discussing the impact of the arts and arts related organizations have on the economy.

Arts Generate Big Dollars for Area
Ann Arbor News (MI), 6/2/2006

"It's long been presumed the arts business is big business in Washtenaw County. A new survey puts some numbers down in black and white. The total, one-year economic impact of the not-for-profit arts sector in Washtenaw County was more than $165 million in survey year 2002, according to a report released Thursday by the Arts Alliance of the Ann Arbor Area, an offshoot of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce."
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1149259638258260.xml&coll=2

City's 'Creative Economy' Focus Of Meeting
WMTW.com (Portland, ME), 5/31/2006

The Mayor of Portland, ME, convened about 200 artists, business people and representatives of different arts organizations "to voice their concerns and possibly hammer out solutions to some pressing issues. Mayor Jim Cohen and other city officials organized the meeting in an effort to stress how the arts improve Portland's quality of life, which ultimately helps the economy." http://www.wmtw.com/news/9298215/detail.html

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