Artists, politicians and other interested Capital region community members are working together to identify ways to boost interest in local arts.
According to excerpts from the article:
Lori Mullins, with the City of East Lansing, is part of a group in the early stages of identifying how to stoke more interest in arts, as both a reaction to the recession and part of a way out of the state's economic quicksand.
"The bottom line is to improve our economy. Each one of the sectors within our economy is very important; this is one sector that has jobs and is very important to our local economy." said Mullins
One local artist points to the more than $1 million dollars in work at the Riverwalk Theatre downtown that brought skilled-trades jobs.
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