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Integrating Arts and Culture into Economic Development Strategy A two-part virtual professional development series Bring one current economic development priority. Leave with a practical framework for incorporating arts and culture into its planning, execution, and measurement. This applied series will show how arts and culture can support downtown vitality, business and creative-business growth, tourism, talent attraction, workforce development, adaptive reuse, entrepreneurship, investment, and community positioning. Participants will: Connect arts and cultural strategies to an economic development goal Identify practical approaches appropriate to their community and resources Develop a preliminary action framework with implementation steps and economic measures Designed for economic and community development professionals, municipal and regional staff, downtown and Main Street leaders, chambers, tourism and planning professionals, cultural offices, cultural district managers, and arts and cultural organizations actively involved in economic development. Session One: Thursday, November 12, 2026 Session Two: Thursday, November 19, 2026 Time: 1:00–2:15 p.m. Eastern / 10:00–11:15 a.m. Pacific Location: Zoom Registration includes both sessions. Sessions are not sold separately. Registration Price Individual: $350 Organization registration for up to three participants: $900 Registration includes three months of CPC Network membership. Current members receive a three-month extension.
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