Yes, It Is About The Artists: The Tacoma Story
23 January 2005 - 7:00am
How both art and artists helped one city rebuild.
Tacoma's lengthy quest for revitalization finally has started to take hold. An economic development strategy that focuses not just on the arts, but also on the artists, has yielded $1 billion in public and private investment downtown in the last five years.
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Yes, It Is About the Artists: The Tacoma Story
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The Next American City, January 21, 2005
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