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Executives Club: Featuring Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy, Americans for the Arts  

In the race to attract new workforce and businesses, could a vibrant arts and culture scene be a differentiating factor in helping communities compete?

Arts and culture organizations make up a $135 billion industry nationwide. They support 4.1 million full-time equivalent jobs, generate $22.3 billion in government revenue, and are the cornerstone of the tourism industry, all while fueling creativity, beautifying our cities, and improving our quality of life.

Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy, Americans for the Arts, will join us from Washington, D.C. to unveil the results of a comprehensive economic impact analysis of arts and culture organizations in the Quad Cities.

Cohen will discuss:

• The findings of a newly-completed study of arts and culture organizations in the Quad Cities
• The impact, and the importance of, a strong arts and culture community as it relates to workforce and economic development
• Initiatives happening in communities across the country to sustain arts and culture organizations

Earlier this year over 140 organizations pledged to work together in the next decade to transform the Quad Cities region into a cool, creative, and prosperous place to live and work. We invite you to be part of this conversation about tangible steps leaders can take to make this a reality.

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*Executive's Club is a Program Exclusively for President's, CEO's and Executives*