Americans for the Arts Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/americans-for-the-arts Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:57:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 USA CULTURAL DISTRICTS http://toursmaps.com/usa-cultural-districts.html http://toursmaps.com/usa-cultural-districts.html#respond Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:10:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=262547 Cultural districts are areas designated or certified by state or local governments that utilize cultural resources to encourage tourism, economic development, and synergism between the arts and other businesses. “State and municipal arts agencies increasingly are taking a leadership role in establishing policies to cultivate place-based economic development and community revitalization through arts and culture. Cultural districts offer one mechanism to attain these goals by unifying multiple businesses, organizations and the community in areas with potentially significant cultural resources.” National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Americans for the Arts (www.americansforthearts.org) estimates there are approximately 500 cultural districts in the U.S.,

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