MIAMI-DADE COUNTY’S ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR GENERATES ALMOST $1.1 BILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

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MIAMI, June 21, 2012 – The most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States, Arts & Economic Prosperity IV was announced by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. Miami-Dade County’s Department of Cultural Affairs participated in tandem with 181 other communities and regions across the country representing all 50 states, focusing on two areas: (1) the economic impact of spending by cultural organizations, and (2) the impact of event-related spending by these organizations’ audiences.