Author: American Planning Association
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Media Type: Report
This is one of several briefing papers created by the APA's Planning and Community Health Research Center on how planners use arts and culture to achieve economic, social, environmental, and community goals.
Categories: Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: American Planning Association
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Media Type: Report
This is one of several briefing papers created by the APA's Planning and Community Health Research Center on how planners use arts and culture to achieve economic, social, environmental, and community goals.
Categories: Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: American Planning Association
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Media Type: Report
This is one of several briefing papers created by the APA's Planning and Community Health Research Center on how planners use arts and culture to achieve economic, social, environmental, and community goals.
Categories: Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: John Thomasian
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Media Type: Report
This report outlines steps governors can take to incorporate arts and culture into state economic development plans and policies.
Categories: Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Creative Workforce, Community Development
Author: Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa
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Media Type: Report
This white paper summarizes two decades of creative American placemaking, drawing on original economic research and case studies of pathbreaking initiatives in large and small cities, metropolitan to rural, as well as published accounts. The case…
Categories: Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: Tom Borrup
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Media Type: Book
The Creative Community Builder's Handbook gives you successful strategies, best practices, and "how-to" guidance to turn cultural gems into effective community change. The text delves into key principles of community development and presents 20 case…
Categories: Public Welfare, Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Phd; Samantha L. Matlin, Phd; Bronwyn Hunter, Phd; Azure B. Thompson, Dph; Dana M. Prince, Phd; Nathaniel Mohatt, Phd
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This study report from Yale University's School of Medicine examined Mural Arts' Porch Light Program with a rigorous scientific method and shares the results of that research.
Categories: Public Welfare, Public Art, Economic Impact, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: Americans for the Arts
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Media Type: Report
Art in public spaces plays a distinguishing role in our country’s history and culture. It reflects and reveals our society, enhances meaning in our civic spaces, and adds uniqueness to our communities. Public art humanizes the built environment. It…
Categories: Public Art, Economic Impact, Community Development, Artists-Resources for, Advocacy
Author: Americans for the Arts
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Media Type: Report
The number of public art programs in the US continue to grow with interest spreading from urban centers to mid-size cities to rural areas. A 2017 survey of public art programs found that 44 percent of the responding programs have started since…
Categories: Public Art, Local Arts Agencies, Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
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Media Type: Sample document
The Chicago Public Art Plan has been authored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). DCASE is dedicated to enriching Chicago’s artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy. This includes fostering the development of …
Categories: Public Art, Cultural Planning, Community Development