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Arts leaders present Greater Grand Rapids cultural strategy, cite $300 million annual economic impact
Summary
Maggie Lancaster and Steph Rosales told the Grand Rapids City Economic Development Project Team that consultants from Lord Cultural Resources will draft a regional arts-and-culture strategy after public engagement this summer; a Seidman School of Business study estimated about $300 million in annual arts-related economic activity and roughly 2,500 jobs.
Maggie Lancaster, CEO of the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum and co-chair of the Arts and Cultural Collective of Grand Rapids (ACCGR), and co-chair Steph Rosales presented the ACCGR’s plan to develop a comprehensive regional arts-and-culture strategy.
Lancaster said the Seidman School of Business completed a regional economic-impact study that “came up with about $300,000,000 a year annually that the arts and cultural collective brings” to the Grand Rapids region and that the collective has retained consultants from Lord Cultural Resources to lead the next phase of work. "That impact study is out there for all of you to enjoy," she said.
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