Did You Know...
- Every $1 spent on tickets for an event at the Community Arts Center generates an additional $8 of cash flow into the local economy. This inflow is based primarily in hotel accommodations, area dining, and consumer retail purchases.
- The Clay Aiken Christmas Concert on December 9, 2006 produced a local economic stimulus of over $600,000. Most of the Williamsport hotels were booked to capacity. The event attracted over 500 out of state guests.
- "Affordable access to the arts" is one of the most heavily weighted criterion in the Money Magazine annual rating of "The Best Places to Live in America."
- "Arts Tourism" is the fastest growing component of the tourism industry in America.
- Art makes us unique, it records our lives, it provides forum for debate, and it improves education and creates community engagement. Art facilitates neighborhood regeneration, attracts creative employees, enhances employee retention and provides unique corporate marketing opportunities.
