Our goal is to assist you in creating a true sense of place for your community. Each city has its own unique "story' to tell that is reflected in its heritage and culture. We identify the elements that make your city unique and build a public art strategy to tell the story.

The result: a vibrant inclusive place for people to live and work; where visitors want to come time and again, making your city a magnet for creative talent and the companies that employ them.

• Benefits of public art and culture programs
• Unites communities
• Enhances civic pride
• Provides educational expenses
• Creates a tourist destination
• Attracts creative talent and the businesses that employ them
• Involves all ethnic groups – public art and culture programs celebrate heritage and brings citizens together to learn about each other’s culture
• Creates a fundraising source within the community
• Economic benefits of America’s nonprofit arts and culture industry
• Provides an engine for economic development
• Generates $166.2 billion in economic activity
• Generates $49.1 billion in state government revenue and $7.9 billion in local government revenue
• Attendance at arts events generates related commerce for local businesses – benefits circulate throughout the community with restaurants, specialty stores, parking garages and hotels.
• Tourist spending is twice that of locals ($40 vs. $20)
• Arts and culture organizations are valuable contributors to the business community – they are employers, producers and key promoters of their city.
• Money earned from art and cultural events stays in and circulates within the community.
• Supports 5.7 million full-time equivalent jobs – jobs can’t be exported

*Figures based on the 2006 Arts and Economic Prosperity III study conducted by Americans for the Arts.