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Action Alert
New York City Metropolitan Area Town Meeting
The New York City Metropolitan Area Town Meeting has been
scheduled. It will take place from 1:00 to 4:00pm on Thursday July 10,
2003, and will be hosted by Queens Theatre in the Park. The meeting will
be held at the Flushing
Meadows/Corona Park (718.760.0064). Co-Sponsors of the Culture Zone
Legislation - Senator Serphin Maltese and Assemblyman Joseph Morelle -
will be in attendance. Please RSVP.
The New York State Culture Zone Project represents a revolutionary funding
idea that recently emerged from meetings of arts leaders convened by the
Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations. The meetings focused on
the need for a systemic arts policy change to affect more equitable access
and provide greater resources to the arts and cultural industry in New
York State. The Alliance wanted to achieve this objective without simultaneously
depleting or re-allocating existing resources.
Benefits from these zones for the cultural industry loom large. For example:
- Tax incentives to landlords in the zones who provide rents at below-market
rates to nonprofit arts and cultural group and artists
- Tax incentives to developers in the zones who construct and set aside
for extended periods of time spaces for artists, arts groups, and cultural
institutions, including performance and exhibit spaces
- Tax credits to contributors individuals and businesses who make contributions
to arts
institutions located in the zone
- Reduced electric and other energy costs to arts organizations in the
zone
- Funded and fundable job development programs to help arts organization
in the zone access subsidized staffing and job training programs
- Low interest/no interest loans to arts related, for-profit small businesses
in the zone
- Incentives and credits for community re-vitalization projects in the
zone
- Visibility for the arts industry as a community and economic development
stimulator, it gives the arts a "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval."
What can you do?
This meeting represents an important opportunity to raise
your voice concerning New York City arts policy. Attending the town meeting
will allow your voice to be heard in an active political forum.
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