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Support for the Arts
Look to see if there is a local arts council, if they offer funding opportunities, and how active the events calendar is. Find these by adding the keywords "arts council" to your location in Google.
The National Center for Arts Research provides scores for every U.S. county on an interactive map based on measures of arts dollars, arts providers, government support, and socio-economic and other leisure characteristics.
This is a directory of state arts agencies from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Find the state arts agency for your organization to find statistics, grants, programs for the arts in that state, and more.
Find your local chamber of commerce. in order to research the area's business environment and find local statistics. A Chamber of Commerce is an organization that represents the business community for a specific city or region and seeks to promote economic growth.
Input your region and then click "Create Region Report" to get regional demographics, consumer spending, a summary of types of businesses. You can add multiple zip code regions from the map view.
