The argument for economic return is grounded in statewide evidence. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts nonprofit cultural organizations supported by Mass Cultural Council generated $2.3 billion in annual economic activity across the Commonwealth, supported more than 71,000 full-time equivalent jobs, and produced more than $128 million in new state revenues — with every dollar awarded leveraged to raise an additional $157 in private funds.

 

A community arts center in Central Square would bring foot traffic, local spending, and creative economic activity to a neighborhood that currently has an idle 3.5-acre anchor property generating nothing. Massculturalcouncil

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