The arts benefit communities in the U.S. in many ways besides employing over 4.9 million people. Engagement with the arts is shown to benefit mental health, improve the likelihood of young people being recognized for academic achievement, and communicate messages between groups with cultural and political differences. Creating an environment where the arts thrive requires access to artistic opportunities, charitable giving to support artists, policies and businesses to sustain the art economy...| SmileHub
One Dallas suburb experienced the most rapid growth spurt in the country last year: Celina, whose population grew by 26.6 percent, more than 53 times that of the nation’s growth rate of 0.5 percent. The city's population was 43,317 as of July 1, 2023.| CultureMap Dallas