Every few years, the national agency does a study on arts and economic prosperity and the connection between the two.
It will examine the spending habits of people who come to cultural events and how they spend their money in the region.
"Also, tracking the spending habits of those cultural organizations as well," said Victoria Calvert-Kappel, Chenango County Council of the Arts. "We think about people coming and spending money on dinner or parking or whatever, but you also have to think about how every cultural organization is a business."
"It's going to be great for municipalities to be able to say, you know, this is a wonderful way to gauge economic impact maybe we never realized before, the big impact of the arts on our local economy, and let's foster that a little more," Calvert-Kappel said.
The study will be conducted over a twelve-month period. The Chenango County Council is one of two hundred groups across the country which will participate in the study.
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