Philly Mayoral Candidate Proposes Big Arts Fund Boost

“Revising and expanding Percent for Art, Brady’s plan suggests, would create a $45 million annual ‘dedicated funding stream’ for arts and cultural groups in the city. That amount – together with $15 million to $20 million produced by the city’s annual budget appropriations to the arts and private contributions – would be close to the $60 million cited by a Rand Corp. report Friday as the amount Philadelphia needs to spend on the arts and culture annually to be competitive with other major cities.”