GOALS

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• To provide housing to displaced artists and their families

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• To provide work /studio/rehearsal space for artists

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• To provide employment for artists and entrepreneurs through our market, and educational programs

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• To provide nutrition through gardening, food preparation classes and the sale of vegetables, and baked goods

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• To expand our provision of arts programming for youth and families in shelters, prisons, and schools

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• To bridge the “digital divide” by providing computers and classes to our residents

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• To provide professional and financial training and literacy to residents

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• To increase the participation of community-based artists in first time home buyers programs

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• To raise housing and commercial values in rural and urban communities 

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• To increase the use of recycled materials in the making of art

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• To keep alive the history and function of “folk art”and increase awareness of its relevance to our society