Culture and Social Wellbeing in New York City: Highlights of a Two-Year Research Project

Understanding the social value of the arts and culture in New York City neighborhoods was the goal of the research undertaken between 2014 and 2017 by Penn\u27s Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) in collaboration with Reinvestment Fund. This brief is a summary of the conceptual framework, data and methodology, findings and implications of the research discussed in the full report--The Social Wellbeing of New York City\u27s Neighborhoods: The Contributions of Culture and the Arts (March 2017)

Culture\u27s Contribution to Social Wellbeing

This brief presents the research team’s rationale for the measurement of social wellbeing and its approach to documenting the cultural ecology and assessing the vitality of Philadelphia neighborhoods