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11/3 All that non-profit arty stuff? Over $36 million dollars to the local economy

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published November 3, 2015 at 10:34 AM CST
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A lot like Rodney Dangerfield, the arts don't get a lot of respect when it comes to economic development and dollars and sense.

But the first report of its kind,  "Creative Minnesota: The Health and Impact of the Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector," takes a look at jobs created, local v. non-local attendees and employment of artists.

Right here in Duluth:

  • over $36 million dollars in annual impact (2012 data)
  • 1,000 jobs
  • 835,000 people attended non-profit arts events (not counting galleries, concerts, festivals and other for-profit events)

So the number-crunchers might be taking the arts a little more seriously from now on.

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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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