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Funding List
2009 funded projects are marked with a 
2010 funded projects will be announced on February 9, 2010
All projects described below were funded through the Adams Arts
Program, MCC's economic development program launched in 2005, or
the Cultural Economic Development Program, run by the MCC from 1997-2003.
Many of the projects are ongoing, whether they are currently funded
by the Adams Program or not.
GREATER BOSTON
MERRIMACK VALLEY
NORTH OF BOSTON
PLYMOUTH, CAPE COD AND ISLANDS
BRISTOL COUNTY
WORCESTER COUNTY
FRANKLIN COUNTY
PIONEER VALLEY
BERKSHIRES
STATEWIDE
GREATER BOSTON
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ACT
Roxbury
Lead Organization: Madison Park Development Corporation
Funded 1998-2003, 2006-2008
ACT Roxbury's mission is to enrich and strengthen the physical,
economic and social revitalization of the Dudley Square Shopping
District and Lower Roxbury community by engaging and cultivating
cultural businesses, institutions, and artists. Their outreach
programs include the annual Roxbury Film Festival focusing on
works by filmmakers of color; Roxbury Open Studios, highlighting
artists who live and work in Roxbury; Discover Roxbury tours;
the "Roxbury is Rich" shopping guide and newsletter; and the
"Roxbury Literary Annual."
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Arts Go East, Somerville
Lead Organization: East Somerville Main Streets
Funded 2008 (Planning Grant)
East Somerville Main Streets developed a plan to utilize local
artistic and cultural resources to boost visibility and improve
the business climate as a way of driving economic growth. |
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Arts on Centre/South Initiative, Jamaica
Plain
Lead Organization: Jamaica Plain Centre/South Main Streets
Funded 2006-2007
The Arts on Centre/South Initiative is designed to boost the
Centre/South business district with its First Thursdays program
- a monthly art stroll with visual art, music, dance, poetry,
film, and a “café zone” outdoor dining pilot. The goal is to
increase visitation and the economic bottom line for local retailers. |
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Art
Technology New England, Boston
Lead Organization: Axiom Gallery
Funded 2008 (Planning Grant), 2009
Art Technology New England is a consortium of businesses, non-profit
organizations, academic programs, user groups, artist collectives
and clubs that seeks to establish workforce development programs,
create connections between businesses and artists, and place
artists in technology companies with the goal of increasing
employment opportunities for those working in the field of new
media.
Grant: $25,000 |
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ArtsUnion,
Somerville
Lead Organization: Somerville Arts Council
Funded 2005 -2009
ArtsUnion focuses on the physical and economic revitalization
of Somerville's Union Square through cultural activity designed
to bring new patronage to the area, improve the economic circumstances
for retail businesses in the Square, and enhance the square
with street furniture designed by artists. ArtsUnion will continue
to produce a series of ethnically diverse outdoor performances,
an outdoor farmers’ and artisans’ market, and "Art Space"
project for local artists.
Grant: $22,500 |
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Beat of Boston
Lead Organization: Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
Partners will explore ways to develop a multicultural tourism
initiative. The effort will initially focus on the Roxbury,
Villa Victoria and Chinatown neighborhoods of Boston. |
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Boston
2008: Get Inspired
Lead Organization: Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism & Special
Events
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant)
The Boston Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events
was funded to plan a comprehensive cultural marketing campaign
to stimulate art participation and assure that arts are accessible
to all residents and visitors. |
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Boston Arts Webzine
Lead Organization: StageSource, Inc.
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
The partners will explore the viability of creating a comprehensive
website with professional reviews and feature articles on the
performing and visual arts scene in the greater Boston area.
Grant: $5,000 |
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Boston
Cyberarts Festival
Lead Organization: Boston Cyberarts, Inc.
Funded 1997-2003, 2005 -2007, 2009
The Boston Cyberarts Festival highlights the importance of technological innovation across the arts through exhibitions of visual arts; music, dance and theatrical performances; film and video presentations; educational programs; and lecture/demonstrations and symposia. The Festival is the nation's largest all-media cyberarts festival, and has built recognition for Boston as a center for arts and technology innovation.
Grant: $45,000 |
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Boston
Folk Festival and Preservation of Massachusetts Folk Music
Lead Organization: WUMB 91.9FM Radio
Funded 1997-2000
MCC provided seed funding to launch the Boston Folk Festival. The festival’s mission is to strengthen the economic viability of folk music, folk musicians, and related businesses by enlarging audiences for the music. The two-day festival is now held annually on the UMASS Boston campus. It regularly attracts crowds of more than 10,000 people. |
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Cambridge
Science Festival
Lead Organization: MIT Museum
Funded 2007-2009
Cambridge Science Festival is a nine-day celebration of science,
technology, imagination, and creativity. The Festival features
high-profile events including exhibits, demonstrations, lectures,
music and theater performances, and poetry readings designed
to boost the visibility of Massachusetts' contributions to the
field of science, and the cluster of science-based businesses
and organizations in the City of Cambridge.
Grant: $40,000 |
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Chinatown
Heritage Project
Lead Organization: Asian Community Development Corporation
Funded 2005
The Chinatown Heritage Project partners utilized their cultural
assets and heritage to support economic growth in this Boston
neighborhood. The project involved developing a historic walking
trail, a center for community storytelling, a community radio
station, and a support initiative for artists and cultural producers
living in the area. |
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Codman Square Multicultural Artisans Center,
Dorchester
Lead Organization: Codman Square Main Streets
Funded 1998
Codman Square Main Streets was funded to investigate the development of a microenterprise initiative in the Codman Square neighborhood. |
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Conceiving
Boston’s Fort Point Channel’s Signature Event
Lead Organization: Friends of Fort Point Channel
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant)
This grant was awarded to help develop a unique, world-class,
signature event to brand Fort Point Channel and attract new
and repeat visitors to the area. |
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Concord Arts
Lead Organization: Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts
Funded 2008 (Planning Grant)
The project was funded to explore the economic links between arts organizations
and businesses in Concord, and investigate ways to boost revenues. |
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Designing
an Industry, Boston
Lead Organization: Massachusetts College of Art Foundation
Funded 2007-2009
This project aims to build a network among diverse components
of the design cluster in Massachusetts; to cultivate ties to
other regional industries and international design peers in
order to develop collaborative linkages, industry-wide strategies
and an administrative structure to fully realize the economic
potential of the design cluster in the Commonwealth.
Grant: $40,000 |
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East Boston Arts District, Boston
Lead Organization: Zumix, Inc.
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
The project was funded to plan for the creation of a new arts
district in East Boston.
Grant: $4,000 |
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Expanding
Boston’s Theatre District and Rewiring the Arts
Lead Organization: ArtsBoston
Funded 2006, 2008-2009
ArtsBoston and the project partners have worked to increase
cultural tourism and to strengthen the collaboration between
Boston’s cultural organizations and key tourism agencies. In
2009, the project will launch and promote The Gateway, Boston's
first comprehensive online arts calendar, information resource,
and community networking tool as a means of creating new revenue
for cultural organizations.
Grant: $70,000 |
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Explore Boston Theater
Lead Organization: Stage Source
Funded 2006
The Theatre Alliance for Audience Development brought together seven mid-sized Boston-area theatre companies to implement a branding and marketing strategy to increase visibility, attract new audiences, generate increased ticket sales and subscriptions, and boost revenue for local restaurants and other retail businesses. |
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Hyde
Park Arts Initiative
Lead Organization: Southwest Boston CDC
Funded 2005-2007
The Hyde Park Arts Initiative is focused on the economic revitalization
of the Cleary Square business district by fostering a creative
business community, linking artists with support services, and
enriching community life through community-based arts and cultural
events. |
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Launching
Massachusetts into the Global Marketplace, Boston
Lead Organization: TransCultural Exchange, Inc.
Funded 2007-2009
The project's goal is to help Massachusetts artists meet their
economic potential in today's increasingly global marketplace
by providing them with a forum to explore international exhibition
and networking opportunities, which, over time, will create,
sustain, enhance, and maximize the economic impact of the arts
in Massachusetts.
Grant: $43,000 |
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New
Themed Walking Tours of the Freedom Trail, Boston
Lead Organization: The Freedom Trail Foundation
Funded 2007
This project designed new programs to attract a greater and
more diverse number of visitors to Boston's Freedom Trail by
creating five themed walking tours of the trail. |
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Oceanside Cultural Initiative, Winthrop
Lead Organization: Winthrop Cultural Council
Funded 2006
Using the cultural, heritage and recreational assets of this
seaside community, the Oceanside Cultural Initiative was designed
to enhance the cultural economic vitality of Winthrop through
a variety of cultural programs and, by forging connections with
the local business community, generate new revenues. |
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Powering Up, Boston
Lead Organization: Boston Redevelopment Authority
Funded 2007 and 2009
Following the success of the 2007 Powering Up conference, the
BRA is planning a multi-day global digital gaming industry conference
and exposition to be held in Boston in 2010 . The project’s
goals are to support the economic growth of the regional video
gaming community, to encourage workforce development, and to
impact public policy.
Grant: $30,000 |
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Putting
Roxbury on the Map
Lead Organization: Discover Roxbury
Funded 2006-2009
Discover Roxbury offers a variety of tour programs that are
designed to increase tourism; increase business in stores, restaurants,
and cultural institutions; create jobs for local residents;
and build appreciation for the community's cultural and heritage
assets.
Grant: $41,000 |
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Quincy
ArtsAlive!
Lead Organization: Discover Quincy
Funded 2005-2006
Quincy ArtsAlive! leverages Quincy's cultural and historic assets to increase commerce and tourism. |
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Roxbury Cultural Exchange
Lead Organization: Dudley Square Main Streets
2008-2009 (Planning Grant)
The Roxbury Cultural Exchange will investigate ways to strengthen
and expand the cultural and commercial offerings of the businesses
and organizations in and around the Dudley Square commercial
district.
Grant: $2,000 |
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Sharing & Stimulating Cultural Wealth,
Boston
Lead Organization: The Fenway Alliance
Funded 2006
The Fenway Alliance's project was designed to build connections between Roxbury, Fenway and South End neighborhood residents and Fenway institutions, by promoting resident awareness of job opportunities. |
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MERRIMACK VALLEY
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Cultural Marketing Partnership, Lowell
Lead Organization: Lowell Office of Cultural Affairs
Funded 1997-1998
Lowell Office of Cultural Affairs used the Cultural Economic
Development Program grant to plan and implement new cultural
economic development strategies and to review various ways to
more effectively use existing resources. The Office of Cultural
Affairs closed in 2001, and a new office was formed – Cultural
Organization of Lowell (C.O.O.L. - the Lead Organization in
Destination World – see below). |
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Destination
World, Lowell
Lead Organization: Cultural Organization of Lowell
Funded 2005-2009
The project continues to support and strengthen downtown businesses
by providing a series of multicultural events that feature Lowell's
artists, arts organizations and performers. The partners also
seek to strengthen the business skills and encourage the self-sustainability
of local artists and arts organizations.
Grant: $37,500 |
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Live
Lawrence!
Lead Organization: Lawrence Community Development Department
Funded 2006-2009
The project's partners seek to stimulate economic and physical
revitalization in Lawrence's Gateway District by promoting the
City's existing cultural assets through a series of year-long
multicultural, family-oriented arts events, under the umbrella
of "Traveling Cafés," and through a public art program
highlighting distinctive features in the mill/arts district.
Grant: $55,000 |
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NORTH OF BOSTON
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Arts
& Economic Development in Gloucester
Lead Organization: seARTS
Funded 2005-2009
With a long history of art-making in this working seaport, seARTs, a coalition of cultural organizations and artists, in cooperation with the city of Gloucester, is leading efforts to position Gloucester as a vibrant contemporary arts center and year-round tourist destination. The partnership provides economic opportunities for artists and businesses by developing and promoting arts activities that are integrated into the cultural and business life of the city.
Grant: $26,000 |
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Clipper
City Cultural Center, Newburyport
Lead Organization: Newburyport Maritime Society
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant)
The Newburyport Maritime Society was awarded a planning grant
to investigate an economically sound plan for the conversion
of the Custom House Maritime Museum into a central hub of culture
and history for residents and visitors of Newburyport. |
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Collaboration Strategy for Tourism Growth in Salem
Lead Organization: City of Salem
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant)
The City of Salem is working to develop a new, unified, and effective marketing model for tourism growth in Salem. |
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Escapes North, North Shore
Lead Organization: North of Boston Convention & Visitors
Bureau
Funded 2006-2009
Art Escapes leads visitors to the North of Boston region by creating and promoting cultural tourism packages and special events. The project seeks to increase tourist activity in the region, and along with it, revenue.
Grant: $50,000 |
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Haverhill: Unlocking Cultural Treasures
Lead Organization: City of Haverhill
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
The project will explore ways to maximize the potential of the
city's local artistic and cultural resources to drive economic
growth.
Grant: $4,000 |
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Revitalizing
Amesbury
Lead Organization: Town of Amesbury
Funded 2005
The Town of Amesbury and its project partners led an effort
to revitalize the area around downtown Market Square. Program
activities were designed to engage visitors and residents in
the community's cultural heritage, and to support, inspire,
and help expand cultural and other businesses. |
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Third
Thursdays in Central Square, Lynn
Lead Organization: LynnArts, Inc.
Funded 2006-2009
Third Thursdays in Central Square highlights the rich cultural and business resources of downtown Lynn. The project encourages community revitalization through music, children's activities, gallery exhibitions, as well as extended hours at local stores and restaurants on the third week of each month to increase pedestrian traffic and commerce in Lynn's business and arts district.
Grant: $25,000 |
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PLYMOUTH, CAPE COD AND ISLANDS
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An Artist's View of a Strategic Plan, Brockton
Lead Organization: Brockton Office of Cultural Affairs
Funded 1998-1999
Cultural Economic Development Program funds contributed to the
City of Brockton's strategic plan for creative urban renewal.
The City hired an artist to spearhead an effort to promote the
city's historical and cultural organizations through the development
of a natural pathway alongside the Salisbury River. |
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The
Arts and Artisan Heritage Trails of Cape Cod, Martha’s
Vineyard and Nantucket
Lead Organization: Cape & Islands Community Development
Funded 2005-2007
Modeled after North Carolina's highly successful "HandMade in America" project, this initiative has created a regional trail to connect tourists and residents to the wealth of artists and crafts people who live and work off the Cape's "beaten path." Since receiving MCC support, the partnership has developed, and is now promoting, an Artisan Trails guidebook.
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Campus Provincetown
Lead Organization: Lower Cape Community Development Corporation
Funded 2000-2003
Provincetown has been engaged in cultural economic development
since 2000, when MCC provided seed funding to Campus Provincetown,
an educational enterprise designed to attract students to courses
offered by local cultural and educational organizations. Following
a town-wide cultural planning process in 2004, the original
partnership expanded, and additional cultural economic development
strategies were identified that are now being implemented (see
Provincetown’s Path to Culture). |
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CONNECT,
Falmouth
Lead Organization: The Cape Cod Theatre Project, Inc.
Funded 2005
CONNECT was designed to boost the year-round economy of Falmouth in two primary ways; by promoting the cultural assets of the town, and by creating economic links with the local business community, particularly merchants. In 2005, the project launched an awareness campaign that included an automated web-based cultural inventory, and an extensive town calendar. |
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Creative
Economy Action Plan for Cape Cod
Lead Organization: Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant)
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is leading efforts to develop a plan that would allow Cape Cod's creative economy to grow. |
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Harbor
Your Arts (HyA), Hyannis
Lead Organization: Town of Barnstable
Funded 2006-2009
The partners seek to stimulate the economy of downtown Hyannis
by increasing seasonal and year round economic activity through
marketing the work of local artists in various locations in
the town; by implementing a replicable and self-sustaining artists'
cooperative model; and by defining the downtown Hyannis arts
district through the development of a way-finding plan and public
art.
Grant: $40,000 |
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Heritage Cape Cod
Lead Organization: Heritage Cape Cod
Funded: 1998-2001
Heritage Cape Cod's aim was to extend the year round economy through marketing off-season. Heritage Cape Cod collaborated with cultural organizations to market opportunities to residents and visitors for a broader cultural experience. |
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Massachusetts
Cultural Coast, Southeastern Massachusetts
Lead Organization: Plimoth Plantation, Inc.
Funded 2006
The Massachusetts Cultural Coast project brings together hundreds of cultural and tourism partners to promote the cultural attractions of the Massachusetts Coastal Region, from Quincy to Provincetown, to Fall River. By developing and marketing travel itineraries and web-based planning tools that encourage multiple day explorations of the region, the partnership seeks to heighten the visibility of the Massachusetts seacoast and its cultural and heritage assets. |
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Provincetown's Path to Culture
Lead Organization: Town of Provincetown
Funded 2005-2007
Provincetown's Path to Culture is an ongoing effort to increase
tourism and stimulate year-round economic development by utilizing
the town's existing cultural assets. Following a strategic planning
process, the partners have recently developed a street "way
finding" system and designed new marketing efforts. |
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Shaping
the Future of Craft, Brockton
Lead Organization: Fuller Craft Museum
Funded 2007-2008 (Planning Grant)
The Fuller Craft Museum is exploring a range of economic opportunities
for developing a regional crafts industry in the context of
Brockton's economic revitalization.
Grant: $5,000 |
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Sourcebook: Handcrafted Architectural and Interior Design Elements, Cape Cod
Lead Organization: Cape & Islands Community Development,
Inc.
Funded 2008 (Planning Grant), 2009
The partners seek to open new markets for artisans on Cape Cod,
Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket by providing the region's construction
industry with easy and direct access to highly-skilled and talented
artisans through a high end publication that can be shared with
clients interested in unique handcrafted elements for their
homes or businesses.
Grant: $65,000 |
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Wampanoag
Cultural Tourism and Development Project, Aquinnah
Lead Organization: Aquinnah Cultural Center, Inc.
Funded 1998-1999
Grant funding helped create a strategic plan to boost Wampanoag cultural tourism. As a complementary strategy, an assessment of tribal businesses resulted in the Wampanoag Tribal Council offering additional business capacity support. The funds also established a Wampanoag Cultural Tourism Guide, which has been revised several times in recent years. |
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Wellfleet: Where Audiences and Artists Meet,
Wellfleet
Lead Organization: Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Inc.
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
The project will investigate ways to boost the business climate
in Wellfleet using the town’s rich cultural offerings. The process
will involve a broad range of stakeholders, including town officials,
arts organizations, key businesses and tourism partners.
Grant: $4,000 |
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BRISTOL COUNTY
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AHA!,
New Bedford
Lead Organization: AHA!
Funded 2000-2003, 2005-2009
he project seeks to boost economic growth and to invigorate
the downtown New Bedford cultural scene by sponsoring monthly
2nd Thursday free downtown cultural nights and other City Celebrates!
events throughout the year.
Grant: $35,000 |
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Arts Uniting Fall River
Lead Organization: UMASS Darmouth Professional and Continuing
Education
Funded 2006, 2008-2009
Initially funded as Arts on Main Street, the project used Adams
funds to draw residents and visitors to the area, to support
downtown businesses, and to encourage the development of new
arts-related enterprises. Arts Uniting Fall River builds on
the success of Arts on Main Street to unify diverse arts, culture,
education and economic organizations in greater Fall River for
a single purpose: to revive the identity and spirit of the city.
The project’s cultural programs continue to engage residents,
draw visitors and bolster the local economy.
Grant: $55,000 |
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Sustaining the Creative Economy as the Leading Edge in New Bedford
Lead Organization: New Bedford Economic Development Council
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant), 2009
With an Adams planning grant in 2007, the city formed the Creative
Economy Task Force. The New Bedford Economic Development Council
will implement their recommendations by coordinating citywide
programming, by providing business development assistance and
capital access for creative enterprises, and by integrating
creative enterprise planning and development into the city's
overall economic development strategy.
Grant: $60,000
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WORCESTER COUNTY
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REACH (Recreation, Arts, Culture, History) Fitchburg
and Building Blocks in Fitchburg
Lead Organization: Fitchburg Economic Development Office
Funded 1997-1998, 2005, 2008-2009
The Building Blocks initiative sought to enliven downtown Fitchburg
through arts-related events. The idea was to increase activity
around the newly built Riverfront Park area through cultural
participation and, in the process, nurture the development of
small businesses. In 2008 and 2009, REACH aims to attract sustainable
residential and commercial business by highlighting downtown
Fitchburg as a Cultural Historic District with the installation
of permanent and dynamic public art, drawing visibility to the
city's considerable architectural assets.
Grant: $18,000 |
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ValleyCAST!, Whitinsville
Lead Organization: Alternatives Unlimited, Inc.
Funded 2005-2006, 2008-2009
The newly restored and historic Whitin Mill in Northbridge is at the center of a strategy to create a centralized hub and network for cultural, educational, and community programming in the Blackstone Valley region. The goal is to create jobs and to develop culturally based businesses, artisan studios and retail spaces.
Grant: $35,000 |
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Worcester
Cultural Coalition
Lead Organization: Worcester Cultural Coalition
Funded 2000-2003, 2005-2009
The MCC provided seed funding in 2000 that helped fund the development
of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and the city's cultural
economic development agenda. The Coalition is primarily concerned
with promoting Worcester as a cultural destination. Themed itineraries,
"way finding" tools, and new marketing strategies
are designed to reposition Worcester's cultural institutions
to residents, college students and tourists.
Grant: $40,000 |
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
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Fostering
the Arts & Culture Partnership, Franklin County
Lead Organization: Greenfield Community College
Funded 2006
The partnership aims to increase the capacity of creative economy enterprises in Greater Franklin County through network building, technical assistance, and marketing support for new and existing rural arts businesses. |
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North
Quabbin Woods Arts and Culture Portal
Lead Organization: New England Forestry Foundation
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant), 2008-2009
The project’s aim is to develop a crucial connection between
ecotourism and arts and culture, and expand the North Quabbin
Woods regional brand through products and events that focus
on the area's recreation, forests and farms, and artists and
cultural venues .
Grant: $45,000 |
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RiverCulture,
Turners Falls
Lead Organization: Town of Montague
Funded 2006-2009
Building on previous physical redevelopment and revitalization
efforts in Turners Falls, RiverCulture is a series of cultural
events designed to attract visitors and build the capacity of
local artists and creative businesses. Programming revolves
around the elements that make Turners Falls unique, including
the town's natural landscape and its creative individuals.
Grant: $40,000 |
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Tour-Net, Greenfield
Lead Organization: Artspace Community Arts Center
Funded 1997-1999
Tour-Net's objective was to promote year-round cultural tourism in the county through a cooperative marketing, advertising, and workshop initiative involving more than a dozen cultural organizations and area businesses. |
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PIONEER VALLEY
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Caribbean Walk (Paseo Caribeno), Holyoke
Lead Organization: Solutions Community Development Corp.
Funded 2005
The Caribbean Walk was designed to celebrate and promote Latino culture and business located in Holyoke's downtown and included a weekly farmer's market and live Caribbean music. |
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Culture Leads the Economy, Springfield
Lead Organization: City of Springfield
Funded 2007 (Planning Grant)
The City of Springfield used the grant to investigate ways to
bring new cultural audiences, patrons and participants into
downtown Springfield. |
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Easthampton
City Arts
Lead Organization: City of Easthampton
Funded 2005-2006, 2008-2009
Easthampton City Arts' primary goal is to enhance the city's
economic development by attracting increased numbers of consumers
because of the arts community. As part of this strategy, the
project is also focused on the long-term viability of artists
and organizations in Easthampton. In addition to offering technical
assistance to arts-related small businesses and promoting local
artists and cultural organizations through an interactive web
site and directory, the initiative will create a Portfolio Project
for its 105 member artists; curate two rotating exhibits; unveil
a new mural; and prepare for a five-month public art display
and week-long celebration of the arts.
Grant: $30,000 |
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Fossil Fuel for the Valley
Lead Organization: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
The partners will explore the feasibility of branding the Connecticut
River Valley through a focus on the sites of the earliest discovery
of dinosaur tracks known to science with the goal of increasing
tourism to this region.
Grant: $6,000 |
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Holyoke
Art and Agriculture Project and the South Holyoke Community
Arts Initiative
Lead Organization: Nuestras Raices, Inc.
Funded 1997-2002, 2007-2008
Seed funded by MCC through the Cultural Economic Development
Program, the aim of the project was to develop the canal area
of Holyoke into a place in which small businesses and cultural
enterprises complement each other and thrive. Based in the predominantly
immigrant community of South Holyoke, the Holyoke Art and Agriculture
Project successfully developed the Centro Agricola Plaza and
community gardens. The gardens and the Centro blend the Latino
traditions of agriculture and the arts into economic opportunity.
The project has most recently been funded as the South Holyoke
Community Arts Initiative - a series of music and cultural activities
that take place at the new Nuestras Raices Farm site and at
downtown venues along Main Street in Holyoke. These activities
support the growth of a vibrant local arts and culture, food,
and retail economy. |
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Museums
10, Pioneer Valley
Lead Organization: Five Colleges, Inc.
Funded 2005-2009
The partnership is building a cooperative marketing campaign
to brand the region as a cultural destination; and to increase
visitation to the cluster of partnering museums and the region's
retail and restaurant businesses through themed programs.
Grant: $60,000 |
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Pioneer Valley Creative Economy Initiative
Lead Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.
Funded 2008 (Planning Grant)
This initiative was funded to investigate strategies that will
address opportunities and obstacles for the creative economy
in the Pioneer Valley.
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Walaalo!
The Somali Women's Project, Springfield
Lead Organization: New World Theater
Funded 2006-2008
Drawing on the Somali refugee community's cultural assets, the project seeks to create income for the community by creating sustainable micro-business enterprises. The project focuses on building the skills of the women in the community through business, crafts, and language training.
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BERKSHIRES
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1/2 TIX: A half-price ticket booth in Great Barrington
Lead Organization: Barrington Stage Company
Funded 2002-2003
A discount ticket operation, the project aims to promote arts
and culture to both the resident and tourist populations, and
to increase the flow of economic activity in Great Barrington
and throughout southern and central Berkshire County. |
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The Arts Strengthening the Economy (TASTE) of North
Adams
Lead Organization: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary
Art
Funded 2002
Following the launch of Mass MoCA, North Adams cultural organizations,
artists, community organizations, the Mayor's Office, and local
merchants formed a cultural economic development council. The
council initiated a number of collaborative outreach activities
focused on drawing residents, cultural tourists, and new businesses
into downtown North Adams. |
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Assets for Artists, North Adams
Lead Organization: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary
Art
Funded 2007(Planning Grant), 2009
The partners seek to grow commercial artistic enterprises in
the Berkshires by providing individual development accounts,
financial education and technical/business assistance to low-
to moderate-income artists.
Grant: $15,000 |
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Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, North Adams
Lead Organization: Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Funded 2006-2009
The Berkshire Cultural Resource Center is designed to provide
training, resources and support to artists, arts managers and
arts-related entrepreneurs; administers the Berkshire Hills
Internship Program (B-HIP) for early career arts managers; and
manages the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Gallery 51.
Grant: $40,000 |
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Cultural
Pittsfield
Lead Organization: City of Pittsfield
Funded 2005-2009
Cultural Pittsfield is a campaign to brand Pittsfield as a cultural destination. The city is working to strengthen the earning capacity of Pittsfield's artist and cultural organizations through marketing, events and public art that attract visitors, and by offering professional development opportunities to artists.
Grant: $40,000 |
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Heirloom Tomato Field Project, Great Barrington
Funded: 1997-2002
The Heirloom Tomato Field Project brought together farmers,
culinary professionals, food purveyors, and consumers in order
to create new niche markets in New England for heirloom foods.
The project established the yearly Epicurean Tomato Fete held
in Lenox, MA, which brings visitors to taste dishes prepared
by great chefs from Boston to New York. |
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STATEWIDE
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CultureCount
Lead Organization: New England Foundation for the Arts
Funded 2005-2007
CultureCount is a suite of technology-based tools designed to
be a resource for cultural organizations, community leaders,
and businesses throughout Massachusetts so that they can understand
the economic context and the impact the sector has on the Massachusetts
economy. |
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Creative Continuum: Pathways to Market
Lead Organization: Massachusetts College of Art
Funded 2005-2006
Creative Continuum was a professional development and business training program designed to boost the wherewithal for visual artists to make a sustainable living while providing area companies with a pool of creative employees. |
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Massachusetts Motion Media Initiative & Refocusing the Lens
Lead Organization: The Center for Independent Documentary
Funded 2005, 2008-2009
This project seeks to stimulate the motion media film industry
in Massachusetts by building a more experienced, skilled, and
economically vibrant production community through training,
residency programs, and media-related opportunities that support
and expose the state's independent filmmakers and videographers.
In 2008, in the wake of the tax credit bringing a sharp increase
in film production to Massachusetts, the project will focus
on workforce development and planning for a prestigious national
conference in Boston in 2009.
Grant: $65,000 |
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Musician's Professional Training Project
Lead Organization: Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of MA
Funded 2008 (Planning Grant)
This professional development program was funded to investigate
ways to empower professional musicians with the entrepreneurial
skills and confidence they need to master the business challenges
of being professional musicians. |
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Writing Women's Worth
Lead Organization: New Words Live, Inc.
Funded 2009 (Planning Grant)
This professional development program was funded to investigate
ways to empower professional musicians with the entrepreneurial
skills and confidence they need to master the business challenges
of being professional musicians.
Grant: $5,000 |
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