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A conceptual drawing of the Alliance Theatre auditorium after a renovation to be funded by part of a Woodruff Foundation grant.

Credit: WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER

Credit: WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER

A conceptual drawing of the Alliance Theatre auditorium after a renovation to be funded by part of a Woodruff Foundation grant.
By Tom Sabulis
Dec 25, 2014

The Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta’s cultural capital, was recently gifted $38 million by the Woodruff Foundation. Today, the center’s leader writes about what that bestowal will do for the city and its cultural climate. In our second column, two writers team up to explain the economic power of the arts and why they are important to the business well-being of Atlanta.

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