| FORMER MAYOR DISCUSSES SUCCESSFUL CITIES | USA INVESTS LESS IN ART THAN OTHER NATIONS |
 Victorian Gate bring new life to Short North District of Columbus |
According to a report by the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States' per capita spending on the arts lags behind that of nations with similar economies. While governments in Canada, France and Sweden spend between $40 and $60 per citizen, the US spends only $6. The study focuses on total government spending, including national, provincial and local for the arts in ten nations that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation. In 1994 and 1995, the US had the smallest per capita investment at $6, while Finland provided the largest support at $91. (CON'T PAGE 2) |
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viable, healthy metropolitan area with a high quality of life that
includes a 24-hour downtown, safe, convenient neighborhoods for people of
all incomes, conservation of valuable open space and an efficient
transportation system will not happen by accident. It will be the result
of sustained cooperative action throughout the metropolitan area.
William Hudnut, four-term mayor of Indianapolis, U.S. representative and author, will discuss his vision in his presentation Come Let Us Build Ourselves a City: Keys to Building a Successful City of the Future May 18, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Columbus |
Athletic
Club, 136 East Broad Street. Hudnut will be the final speaker in the
multi-year urban issues series Growing Inward: Rebuilding the Center City.
His talk is part of the Ohio Historic Preservation Office's biennial
conference, Building Successful Communities: Preservation and
Revitalization Strategies.
As mayor, Hudnut established a national reputation for revitalizing Indianapolis and came to be regarded as an entrepreneurial leader willing to take prudent risks. He spearheaded the formation of a public-private sector partnership that led to the emergence of (CON'T PAGE 3) |
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