Dear Friends:

The SmART Initiative announcement has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. in Durham.

Linda A. Carlisle, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, and Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company and chair of the SmART Initiative Task Force, will release a report and recommendations.

The SmART Initiative is a program that maps out ways for communities to use the arts to boost jobs, quality of life and overall economic growth.

For those of you who showed up last Thursday, please accept our sincere apologies for the cancellation. We hope you can join us February 7 at 2 p.m. as specific recommendations for using arts and cultural assets in communities will be released.

Additionally, guidelines for applying for pilot projects will be available.

Several of the Task Force members — civic and government leaders, private developers and arts leaders — will also be on hand after the announcement to talk with you informally about their first-hand experiences using the arts for economic development.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and again apologize for the inconvenience of last week's cancellation.

The SmART Initiative Announcement
Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m.
American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7
324 Blackwell Street
Durham, N.C. 27701
(919) 433-1566

Directions & Parking:
The American Tobacco Campus is located off of the Durham Freeway (Highway 147) near the Durham Performing Arts Center and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Free parking will be available in the North Deck parking lot. For detailed directions, visit the American Tobacco Historic District website.

Questions:
Contact Jennifer Huggins at (919) 807-6516 or jennifer.huggins@ncdcr.gov.

Photo by Hedy Fischer, Pink Dog Creative, Asheville