Legislators Launch Statewide Listening Tour Exploring the State of the Arts - MCC Press Release
Posted Wednesday June 19 2013 at 06:48 am
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Legislators Launch Statewide Listening Tour to Explore the State of the Arts & Tourism in MA.
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development holds public forums to hear ideas from industry and communities.
(Boston, MA) State Representative Cory Atkins (D-Concord) and Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives (D-Newburyport)– Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development—announced today that the Committee will hold a series of public hearings in communities across the state beginning June 21.
The forums are meant to solicit ideas from the arts, cultural, and tourism communities, and the general public, to help the Committee develop policies that strengthen arts, culture, and tourism in Massachusetts. From 2013 to 2014 the committee will visit each to the state’s cultural districts and regional tourism districts, touring some of the state’s cultural institutions and major tourism destinations. Officials from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT), and the Regional Tourism Councils (RTCs) will take part in the forums.
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