At the Dec. 8 "Art of Cool" conference in Lansing, MI, the Michgan Department of History, Arts and Libraries released a strategy for leveraging arts and culture to produce new tax revenue, provide good-paying jobs and create sustainable businesses.
The Cultural Economic Development Strategy outlines the role that the state's cultural sector plays in long term economic growth. Read more about the strategy here [1]. You an also download [2] the Cultural Economic Development Strategy.
Links:
[1] http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/FEATURES01/512080446/1025
[2] http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_ced_strategy_144333_7.pdf