Paducah's Artist Relocation Program encourages artists from across the country to relocate to the Lower Town neighborhood of Paducah. The City provides incentives for artist relocation, including historic homes offered at affordable rates, and a local bank lends relocating artists funds to restore the houses. The Artist Relocation Program contributes to the revitalization of a blighted historic neighborhood, strengthens the creative economy of Paducah, and creates a renewed residential community in the downtown. The Selection Committee commended the Artist Relocation Program for introducing an innovative strategy to revitalize an historic neighborhood, while strengthening an important economic sector in Paducah. The Committee felt this model could be adapted to other settings, with other populations, and found it to be an innovative approach to community revitalization. [Visit Project Website] [Read the Bruner Foundation Case Study]

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