RSS
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
The Dispatch wrote
Advocacy group to visit city
Sunday, November 30, 2008
BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG
Americans for the Arts, a national advocacy group, will hold its first national meeting in Columbus to focus on how art and culture can revitalize urban districts.
Artists, businessmen, developers and city planners from across the country will gather Friday and Saturday with local arts experts and developers for a “knowledge exchange.” They’ll tour and discuss the Short North, German Village, the Arena District, the Discovery District and other neighborhoods in which the arts have had a significant impact. The tours will also include the up-and-coming King-Lincoln district, where the Lincoln Theatre — once a cultural hub for the African-American community — is being renovated and will reopen next year.
“Right now, everyone across the country is looking at their downtowns and what makes a city vibrant, what makes people want to come to a city,” Lawson said.
Comments
- leftovers: Didn't realize they were owned by the Hill's Market people. Hopefully this
- mrpoppinzs: Looks like the COTA #6 goes right by there. I will have to try this place o
- bucki12: Brings back memories of walking up there when I lived in the KLD. It took m
- honestlyinsincere: Well done! Entertaining and supported by solid research.
- evantyler: And now the Dispatch weighs in... http://www.dispatch.com/content/storie
Top Stories
- Grandview Yard Seeks Retail Anchors for Next Phase of Development32
- Studio 35 Re-Opening is a Revelation17
- Philanthropy Friday: Bicentennial Towers 14
- Attn: Columbus Creatives!13
- More Downtown Public Artwork Coming to Scioto Mile11
- Liberty Place Adding Over 200 New Apartment Units to The Brewery District11
- Columbus Ranks #22 on List of Best Large Cities for Jobs in 201210
- The Short North's Summer of Construction10
- The Hudson Street Market Renovates, Faces Construction Woes10
- Challenge: Could You Go Five Days Using Alternative Transportation?8
Americans for the Arts to visit Columbus
By: Walker
Related Posts:
I would put a gallery hop saturday night on the strip here up against a lot of other citie’s saturday nights, and the people are the one’s who make it fun, you get artist type hanging out with lawyers or nurses at the same restaurant or bar, the bike gang with there tight jeans (dont know how else to describe them) at the same bar or party as black dudes with jordans and Leroy Jenkins gear on, you dont find that everywhere, its the “everybody is cool” attitude in Columbus thats nice to see, and that opens peoples minds to different cultures, and I think thats what makes it possible to have different districts that can all thrive, because you dont just appeal to one culture or group or attitude, except the arena district, which only appeals to meat heads and barbie dolls. But sometimes I like hanging with the meat heads and barbie dolls, SOMETIMES.