It’s apparent that art and culture enrich a community with
diversity - they teach critical thinking, and attract a creative
workforce. Combine these positive
societal effects with pure economics, and there is cause for Colorado Springs
to celebrate!
Economic analysis by the Cultural Office of the Pikes PeakRegion (COPPeR) shows that art and cultural organizations are an economic
engine for El Paso & Teller Counties -responsible for generating:
- 2,168 Full-time equivalent jobs
- $72 million in annual expenditures
- $4.3 million in local tax revenue
- $2.2 million in state tax revenue
COPPeR’s Arts &Economic Prosperity Report was released
yesterday by the organization’s Executive Director, Christina McGrath. The
press conference, hosted by the newly opened Wyndham Grand Mining Exchange Hotel in downtown Colorado Springs, was well attended and the economic data
well received by business, government and arts leaders.
For important detail on how arts and cultural organizations
generate positive economic, as well as social, benefits for your community, click here to read COPPeR’s exhaustive, but eloquently designed report.
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