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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Angela Shah
Feb. 26--ADVOCATES EMPHASIZING KEY ROLE OF ARTS IN ECONOMY: Mention Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dell Computer Corp. or the International Bridges in Laredo and their economic role is clear:
Each is an engine that drives development.
But how about the undulating melody of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata or the abstract lines of Jackson Pollock?
Those, too, fuel economic growth and touch virtually every aspect of the economy, arts advocates say.
"The creative design process comes into play in a major part of the economy," said Ray Perryman, president of the Perryman Group, a Waco economic research and consulting firm. "The total impact works through it entirely, impacting...
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