State Encouraged to Use Arts as Economic Development
SAN ANGELO — Just south of the river that runs through this West Texas city, Howard Taylor stood in front of a row of brightly painted buildings on a leafy brick sidewalk that will soon be dotted with streetlamps.
“Two years ago, people wouldn’t come near this area,” said Taylor, the director of the city’s Museum of Fine Arts. “They thought it was run-down, scary and unpleasant.”
The refurbished block is merely a hint of Taylor’s vision for the city’s 200-acre cultural district, a designation granted by the Texas Commission on the Arts in 2009. Taylor, the ...
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Matt Taylor
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Andrew Goldberg via Texas Tribune on Facebook
anything would be better than the corrupt private party going on now
Abril Davila via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Pls don't let Perry administer this and turn it into a slush fund to benefit only his bbfs and donors.
Sam Davis via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It sounds like a brilliant and obvious idea. How will they screw it up?
Alexandra Richmond via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Could they do it with fewer high-dollar commissioners? This agency had like 54 or so.
Jesse R. Ayala via Texas Tribune on Facebook
@alexandra, There are 17 commissioners and they only get paid expenses and and a per diem when they are conducting Commission business.
Jo Anne Christian via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This effort has been going on for over 20 years, actually almost 30. Study after study has affirmed the value of the arts in economic development, but it has not produced the state and local support required. We will hope its time has finally arrived.
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
How about funding public schools?