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Cultural Vitality in Communities

Resource Question(s): MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION

CULTURAL VITALITY IN COMMUNITIES
This report introduces a definition of cultural vitality that includes the range of cultural activity people around the country find significant. It uses this definition as a lens to clarify our understanding of data necessary, as well as the more limited data currently available, to document arts and culture in communities in a consistent, recurrent and reliable manner. Policy and planning implications for use of the cultural vitality definition and related measures are discussed.