THE EAST SIDE ARTS INCUBATOR FEASIBILITY STUDY
The East Side Arts Incubator Feasibility Study
In summer 2005, the East Side Business Improvement District #20 in Milwaukee contracted with Bay Ridge Consulting to study the feasibility of establishing an Arts Incubator within the boundaries of the BID. Based on the business incubator model, Arts Incubators provide inexpensive space, technical support, and business development services to emerging artists, arts groups, and arts-related businesses -- the so-called "creative economy." Helping to grow and stabilize these young creative ventures, Arts Incubators graduate successful artists and businesses back into the neighborhood, helping to build a critical mass for creative culture in the surrounding area. Arts Incubators often also provide direct economic benefits to their neighborhoods by including visual and performing arts venues which draw patrons to events and who can spill over into other local businesses.
To download the complete feasibility study as a PDF, click here.
