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What if?
Jo
Joseph Center
For the arts
Dennis smith
Executive Director
What?
Why?
How?
What?
Major arts center—
2 proscenium stages
500 seat
3000 seat
Stages
Black box
theatre
Art
galleries
Dance studios
Music studios
Why?
Benefits
"I believe that
creativity will be
the currency of the
21st century."
Gerald Gordon, Ph.D., President/CEO, Fairfax County (Virginia) Economic Development Authority
Benefits
100+ SAT
Lower drop out rates
(cohen, 1)
Benefits
Creativity
Top 5
72%
(cohen, 1)
Benefits
$135B Revenue
3.25% of GDP
5.7M Jobs
(Cohen, 1)
How?
Costs
$20M
Phase 1
68K SF
Extra
parking
2 access
points
Building
donations
$1m+/
Corporation
—Founding Partner
Fund a room
Other gifts
What?
Why?
How?
Joseph
Center
for the arts
References
1. Randy Cohen. March 20, 2014. Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2014 in Americans for the Arts. https://blog.americansforthearts.org/ 2014/03/20/top-10-reasons-to-support-the-arts-in-2014