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Arts And Culture Bring Big Bucks To Missoula

Arts Missoula connects art, culture & community through education, advocacy and celebration.
Arts Missoula connects art, culture & community through education, advocacy and celebration.

Tom Bensen of Arts Missoula joins MTPR's Michael Marsolek with a report on the economic impact of non-profit arts organizations in Missoula County — a whopping $54 million according to a new report from Americans for the Arts.

"These are numbers that validate what people already know," Bensen says, "that the arts and culture organizations and people contribute a lot to our economy."

Learn more on this episode of "Front Row Center." 

You can also find more information from Arts Missoula, or see the full economic impact report here.

Michael Marsolek is the program director of Montana Public Radio. He also hosts Tuesday Freeforms and Thursday Morning Classics.
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