This Monograph tells the story of the Arts Council of Greater Lima (Ohio), which harnessed the power of the arts to prompt civic action, and high-lights best practices culled from the experiences of 37 arts and humanities projects.

This issue of COPC Central looks at how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University Partnerships, Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) are using arts programming for youth to rehabilitate local communities.

This document is a performance evaluation designed for the executive director position.

Many states have created arts-based economic development strategies to support rural communities across the who are confronting economic development issues.

Columbus, Ohio [population: 1,378,000] is one of the 33 communities, ranging in population from 8,500 to 2.5 million, included in this three year study. The study examined data from 789 nonprofit organizations in order to compile a national average. The study was designed to document nonprofit arts expenditures in a cross section of American communities and demonstrate the economic impact gained from investing in the arts.

In this view of the tapestry, as consultants to help organizations solve special problems, as managers of other volunteers, as project chairman and committee members, and as support staff.

Paper presented at the 19th annual conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, September 30 - October 2, 1993. This report summarizes the findings of three research surveys commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra and conducted with the assistance of the Case Western Reserve University Arts Management Program.

Small and rural communities across the country continue to face drastic population shifts and economic upheaval. Many efforts are underway in these areas to create and implement economic revitalization strategies. In analyzing resources, strengths, and needs, communities are increasingly seeing the potential of their existing creative economies ﾝsectors of the economy that include arts, culture and heritage organizations, businesses, and workers ﾝas strong revenue, employment, and quality of life generators, or "creative industries."

This issue of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society is an edited version of the larger research project, Understanding the Associational Infrastructure of the Arts and Culture, completed at Ohio State Universitys Department of Arts Policy and Administration.

Case Study A is the first of the three case studies presented in this issue that demonstrate how national membership organizations play an active role across many stages of the policymaking process.