Philadelphia's Artful Economy

We touched on it in our first issue and dove deeper into the idea in our second issue and now, Stephan Salisbury of The Philadelphia Inquirer takes a shot at sizing up the economic impact of the arts scene in our area.

You should be hearing more about this in the coming months, since the smart folks at the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation put together a great event last week, putting 12 of the area's top arts-related organizations in front of the media. The "speed reporting" event allowed each group to give a 30,000-foot view on what's newsworthy in their organization and each one had several great things to share. That should translate into a good number of stories about events and initiatives, but the real story here, the underpinning, is that there's a lot of activity that's have a direct impact on the region's bottom line.

But the subtle message from the event is that there is plenty of room to grow. That will deserve attention as we move forward.