On Arts Advocacy Day, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) announced new legislation to strengthen the creative economy to a crowd of over 500 arts advocates.
Entitled Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act (S.2648), the comprehensive bill aims to better support our nation's creative economy and builds off of research of numerous economic studies, including Arts and Economic Prosperity findings.
Through minor adjustments to existing federal programs in agencies like the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Treasury, the legislation takes steps to better invest in our country's workforce and creative economy, while recognizing artists as contributors to the small business community. It does this through three titles: 1) Support for artists and entrepreneurs; 2) Support for the creative economy, and 3) Creative community development.
Provisions include direction that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) works with micro-lenders, traditional lenders, and regulators to ensure that artists and entrepreneurs have access to micro-loans and that loan program criteria are not discriminatory toward arts-related businesses. There is also a requirement that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Rural Development Administration ensure that traditional economic development tools, such as incubators and grant programs, support the arts industry. The legislation also includes a demonstration project to promote the creative arts in local economic planning and support to artists trying to get back on their feet after a disaster.
Read more about the bill in this op-ed in The Hill authored by Sen. Udall and Robert L. Lynch, president & CEO of Americans for the Arts. Linked here is the Senator's press release, and here is a one-pager from the Senator.
- See more at: http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/legislative-news/sen-tom-udall-d-nm-introduces-create-act-to-support-the-creative-economy#sthash.OsdeJ9Hw.dpuf
On Arts Advocacy Day, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) announced new legislation to strengthen the creative economy to a crowd of over 500 arts advocates.
Entitled Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act (S.2648), the comprehensive bill aims to better support our nation's creative economy and builds off of research of numerous economic studies, including Arts and Economic Prosperity findings.
Through minor adjustments to existing federal programs in agencies like the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Treasury, the legislation takes steps to better invest in our country's workforce and creative economy, while recognizing artists as contributors to the small business community. It does this through three titles: 1) Support for artists and entrepreneurs; 2) Support for the creative economy, and 3) Creative community development.
Provisions include direction that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) works with micro-lenders, traditional lenders, and regulators to ensure that artists and entrepreneurs have access to micro-loans and that loan program criteria are not discriminatory toward arts-related businesses. There is also a requirement that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Rural Development Administration ensure that traditional economic development tools, such as incubators and grant programs, support the arts industry. The legislation also includes a demonstration project to promote the creative arts in local economic planning and support to artists trying to get back on their feet after a disaster.
Read more about the bill in this op-ed in The Hill authored by Sen. Udall and Robert L. Lynch, president & CEO of Americans for the Arts. Linked here is the Senator's press release, and here is a one-pager from the Senator.
- See more at: http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/legislative-news/sen-tom-udall-d-nm-introduces-create-act-to-support-the-creative-economy#sthash.OsdeJ9Hw.dpuf
On Arts Advocacy Day, March 21, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced the introduction of legislation to strengthen the creative economy. Entitled the
Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act, the bill aims to better support our nation's creative economy and builds off of research of numerous economic studies, including the findings of the
Arts and Economic Prosperity study and the
Creative Industries report.
Through minor adjustments to existing federal programs in agencies like the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Treasury, the legislation takes steps to better invest in our country's workforce and creative economy, while recognizing artists as contributors to the small business community. The Senate bill is
S.661 and the House companion bill is
H.R. 1649.
Provisions include:
- Access to small business micro-loans and ensuring that loan program criteria are not discriminatory toward arts-related businesses;
- Economic development tools, such as incubators and technical assistance, to support the creative economy;
- Promotion and grant programs to support the creative arts in local economic development planning;
- Assistance to artists trying to get back on their feet after a disaster;
- Creation of an Artist Corps within the Corporation for National and Community Service to help expand access to arts and arts education in communities.
Take two minutes now to urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the CREATE Act!
