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Hits and Misses: Fast Growth in Metropolitan Phoenix

ContributorsWaits, Mary Jo (Contributor) / Gau, Rebecca (Contributor) / Muro, Mark (Contributor) / Valdecanas, Tina (Contributor) / Rex, Tom R. (Contributor) / Gober, Patricia (Contributor) / Hall, John Stuart (Contributor) / Harrison, Alicia (Contributor) / Hill, Kent (Contributor) / Krutz, Glen (Contributor) / Smith, Scott (Contributor) / Goodwin-White, Jamie (Contributor) / Bower, Leonard G. (Contributor) / Burns, Elizabeth (Contributor) / DeLorenzo, Lisa (Contributor) / Fulton, William (Contributor) / Valenzuela, Laura (Contributor) / Melnick, Rob (Contributor) / Heard, Karen (Contributor) / Welch, Nancy (Contributor) / Schick, Cherylene (Contributor) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Publisher)
Created2000-09
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Fast Growth in Metropolitan Phoenix is the first product of a comprehensive effort to describe and analyze the region’s growth. The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy in Washington, D.C. presented the opportunity for this project to Morrison Institute for Public Policy. The story of growth in metropolitan…

Fast Growth in Metropolitan Phoenix is the first product of a comprehensive effort to describe and analyze the region’s growth. The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy in Washington, D.C. presented the opportunity for this project to Morrison Institute for Public Policy. The story of growth in metropolitan Phoenix is a complicated, often surprising, tale. There is much to be proud of in the region. Yet there is also much to worry about, and much that needs to be done. Hits and Misses will have been successful if it becomes a catalyst for getting started.
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Working Relationships: The Arts, Education and Community Development

ContributorsWelch, Nancy (Author) / Fisher, Paul (Author) / National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (Publisher) / Institute for Community Development and the Arts (Publisher) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Publisher)
Created1995
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This document profiles 11 examples of arts and education institutions across the country that are working to solve community problems. Programs, which reflect a number of purposes, are organized by category.

Large Urban Profiles, look at:

1. "Bridgemaking" in Chicago: Chicago Arts Partnership in Education.
2. Learning by Working: Young Artists at Work, Arts…

This document profiles 11 examples of arts and education institutions across the country that are working to solve community problems. Programs, which reflect a number of purposes, are organized by category.

Large Urban Profiles, look at:

1. "Bridgemaking" in Chicago: Chicago Arts Partnership in Education.
2. Learning by Working: Young Artists at Work, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.
3. Arts Education: Local Priority: Arts Integration Program, Tucson/Pima Arts Council.
4. Communications and Vocations: Arts Talk/Arts Workers, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

Small Urban Profiles, look at:

5. SPECTRA Plus: Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County.
6. Art for Science's Sake in Fairbanks, Alaska: Arts & Science Collaboration, Denali Elementary School and Visual Enterprises.

The Suburban Profile is:
7. "Strategy for Economic Development and Education: Blue Springs Arts 2000 Partnership.

Rural Profiles present:
8. Big Ideas in Small Places: Artists in Minnesota Schools & Communities, Minnesota Rural Arts Initiative COMPAS.
9. Parent Power for the Arts: Moms for Fun, Silver City, New Mexico.
10. Art for Every Student: Art in Education Special Project, Idaho's Salmon Arts Council and Brooklyn School.
11. Theater Development Through Arts Education: Dell'Arte, Blue Lake, California.

Common keys to program effectiveness are shown to be: leadership, vision, planning, community involvement, professional development, cooperative relationships, innovation, evaluation, and high quality services. Appendices list additional programs and contacts for the profiled programs.