Arts and cultural organizations are a significant economic force in Saratoga County, generating more than $80 million in annual economic impact, supporting over 2,600 direct and indirect jobs, and serving more than 6.8 million patrons, including many tourists attracted to the county, according to a new report.
The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership unveiled in June its inaugural Saratoga County Cultural Index that contained the statistical information.
In creating the index, the Saratoga Partnership gathered information from 2016, including revenue, expenditures and attendance figures, from two dozen Saratoga County institutions presenting performing and visual arts, museums, and entities focused on preservation, history, and culture. It then applied metrics developed by Americans for the Arts, the leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, which annually reports on the arts and culture industry’s national economic impact.
