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Arts Council asks Wichita leaders to protect arts funding as economic development
Summary
A representative of the Wichita Arts Council urged the City Council during the public agenda to protect arts funding and treat arts as an economic development strategy ahead of the budget process; a council member affirmed the council's cultural arts planning alignment.
Matthew Broderick of the Wichita Arts Council used his public-comment time to ask the City Council to protect arts funding in the upcoming budget process and to treat arts and culture as a driver of economic vitality.
Broderick said the Arts Council recently hired Connie Bonfey as executive director and has adopted a strategic plan focused on advocacy, education, engagement, marketing and fundraising. He urged council members not to identify the arts as an…
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