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creative economy comprises 10% of the citys employment base, and it generates more than $5 billion in income. The arts are a vital economic driver in DC, said Director Tregoning. Artists, creative businesses, cultural nonprofits

and government partners all play important roles in strengthening the Districts economy.

Economic development historically has been about bagging the buffalocompeting for the big employer to move

operations to your city, said Carol Coletta, President of ArtPlace. But now we know the economic development game is all about how you deploy local assets to develop, attract and keep talent. So why would you not deploy

every asset you haveincluding artists and the artsto do that? Thats what ArtPlace is all about.

ArtPlace grants are given through the combined support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Ford Foundation, The

James Irvine Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Robina

Foundation and an anonymous donor. In addition to the NEA, federal partners are the departments of Housing and

Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education and Transportation, along with leadership

from the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Domestic Policy Council. Federal partners do not provide funding to ArtPlace but participate in the ArtPlace Presidents Council and Operating Committee meetings,

ensuring alignment between high priority federal investments and policy developme nd ArtPlace grants. nt a

For more information, please visit the ArtPlace website www.artplaceamerica.org or contact Kimberly Driggins

Associate Director for Citywide Planning at (202) 442 7600.

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