Are arts districts healthy in your city? The City of Rochester, NY, has
been blessed over time with one of the highest cultural capitals in the US. Amazing talent is represented at the Eastman School of Music, the Rochester Philharmonic, 
Black Friar Theatre, GEVA Theatre, photographic exhibits at the Eastman House, the
Nothing is more fun than a stroll down Park Avenue, in
Though a new mayor and others in the community hope to enhance the arts, not too far away from this district are areas obviously inhabited by drug dealers and others who can quickly enter the arts areas and prey on artists and the rest of us. How can these areas be rebuilt? While there are no easy answers, I do know that the arts are a barometer of a city’s health.
Arts engage our minds deeply since they engage many intelligences, including our emotions. What can business leaders do to “color outside the lines” and bring the kind of renewal and rebuilding needed to keep
Robyn, thanks for this blog -- where you see both the arts and the brain in a whole new light. My question relates to the guy who wanted money. It seems to me that many of the poor live in that area and their need is part of what hold this city back.... How can the arts area speak to that legitimate need of so much poverty... and bring more of its disenfranchised residents together through the arts on Park Ave? What do you think?
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