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Proclamation
October 2022
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WHEREAS, the nation's 120,000 nonprofit arts organizations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the nation's 4,500 local arts agencies in communities across the country, and the
arts and humanities councils of the 50 states and the six U.S. jurisdictions and districts have regularly issued
official proclamations on an annual basis designating October as National Arts and Humanities Month, and
WHEREAS, cities and states -through their local and state arts agencies, which represent thousands of cultural
organizations -have celebrated the value and importance of culture in the lives of Americans and the health of
thriving communities during National Arts and Humanities Month for nearly 30 years, and
WHEREAS, the humanities help diverse communities across the United States explore their history and culture
with the support and partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the 50 state and six jurisdiction
and district humanities councils, and local educational and cultural institutions, and
WHEREAS, the arts and humanities embody so of much of the accumulated wisdom, intellect, and imagination of
humankind, and
WHEREAS, the arts and humanities enhance and enrich the lives of everyone in America, and
WHEREAS, the arts and humanities play a unique role in the lives of our families, our communities, and our
country, and
WHEREAS, despite significant losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, the creative industries remain among the
most vital sectors of the American economy - providing new opportunities for developing cities, creating jobs and
economic activity within their own industry and across sectors, and making communities attractive to business
development, and
WHEREAS, the nation's arts and culture sector -nonprofit, commercial, education -is an $877 billion industry that
supports 4.6 million jobs representing 4.2% of the nation's economy, a larger share of GDP than powerhouse
sectors such as agriculture, transportation, and utilities (2020); and boasts a $33 billion international trade
surplus (2019), and
WHEREAS, the nonprofit arts industry alone generates $27.5 billion in government revenue and $166.3 billion
in economic activity (2015) annually by organizations and audiences -including spending by attendees to arts
events of $31.47 per person, per event, beyond the cost of admission on items such as meals, parking, and lodging,
making the arts a vital income source for local businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and City Council of the City of McCall, do hereby
proclaim October as National Arts and Humanities Month in McCall, Idaho and call upon our community
members to celebrate and promote the arts and culture in our nation and to specifically encourage the greater
participation by those said community members in taking action for the arts and humanities in our city.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand at McCall City Hall in the
City of McCall, Valley County, on this 22 day of September, the year two -
thousand and twenty-two.
Robert S Giles, Mayor