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.
ADVERTISEMENT