Tourism Commission considers consequences of decaying Dougherty Arts Center - Austin Monitor
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"Other communities have small foundations and they have nonprofit, local arts agencies and they have a business council for the arts. We have none of that infrastructure to help sustain a healthy arts economy here."
"What suffers is not only the artists, but tourism, and that's where I'm bringing this back to you. ... This whole journey has developed into a big idea that maybe we need to build public will to value the arts."
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