We want to create partnerships that will bring more people, more money and more opportunities to the table. A good example is the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Project, a partnership between the MCC, the New England Foundation for the Arts and the Cultural Facilities Fund in New York. The Project provides loans, grants and technical assistance for facilities development. We're in the process now of exploring other potential linkages. We've been talking with the Secretary of Elder Affairs about ways that we can work together to come up with some more systemic ways to serve the elderly population.
Intergenerational collaboration is exciting and fruitful.
Our Cultural Economic Development initiative will bring community development corporations, business associates and cultural institutions to the table. We have met with the Mass. Office of Travel and Tourism to explore how to spur tourism growth in the state. In some cases, the MCC may be a partner in a collaboration. The NEA loss is a sorry state of affairs for this country. But, thanks to our wonderful governor and legislature, we are not as devastated by the cuts as other states are.