Author: Shanahan, James L.

Publication Year: 1981

Media Type: Book

Summary:

Paper presented at Conference on the Economic Impact of the Arts, sponsored by Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, held in Ithaca, New York, May 27-28, 1981.

Abstract:

Paper presented at Conference on the Economic Impact of the Arts, sponsored by Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, held in Ithaca, New York, May 27-28, 1981.

Urbanologist Harvey Perloff argues that as we move into the post-industrial era, the economic viability of urban centers becomes dependent on their success in competition for services such as recreation and tourism, arts and cultural services, health, learning, and other personal services. Increasingly, communities are using cultural and leisure resources to enhance the opportunities for growth and economic development as well as to improve the quality of community life. Parks, recreation programs, historic houses, libraries, athletics, the performing arts, art and history museums, urban architecture, public art and a myriad of commercial amusements all form a fabric of experiences that help determine the quality of urban life.

In an earlier forum I approached the role of the arts in urban development using a broad brush. This paper provides a closer look at the rationales for using cultural resources in the revitalization of medium-sized northern cities and at the ways in which these resources are actually being used.

[For a longer version of this paper, as presented at the Conference, see Cultural and
 Economic Development: How Do They Come Together?]
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Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Creative Economies