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How Organizations Evolve When They Embrace Arts and Culture

Resource Question(s): FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, HOW TO DO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING?, CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION
Sector: Health, Housing | Audience: Planners

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HOW ORGANIZATIONS EVOLVE WHEN THEY EMBRACE ARTS AND CULTURE
This is the second in a series of briefs that describe the changes, insights, and lessons when arts and cultural strategies are deployed in service of comprehensive community development and planning. During ArtPlace America's Community Development Investments initiative, six participating organizations which had not previously focused on the arts developed creative placemaking projects and cultural strategies that could help them more effectively achieve their missions. PolicyLink conducted a research and documentation project to measure the progress, immediate outcomes, and impacts of those projects. This brief examines how these organizations grew and changed internally in order to incorporate arts and culture into their overall direction and day-to-day practices.