falls of the ohio the original louisville challenge to greatness
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Falls of the OhioFalls of the Ohio• The original Louisville
challenge to greatness.• The original Louisville
challenge to greatness.
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Now is the time to accept a new challenge
Now is the time to accept a new challenge
The campaign for long term funding for the arts
and culture in Greater Louisville
The campaign for long term funding for the arts
and culture in Greater Louisville
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Our Vision: Challenge to Greatness
Our Vision: Challenge to Greatness
• Greater Louisville changes the world through creativity, imagination and innovation woven into every aspect of our community.
• Greater Louisville changes the world through creativity, imagination and innovation woven into every aspect of our community.
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Our Mission: Challenge to Greatness
Our Mission: Challenge to Greatness
• Establish a solid financial foundation for arts and culture in our community.
• Establish a solid financial foundation for arts and culture in our community.
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Call to ActionCall to Action
• You take the pledge:
“I am challenged to greatness.”
• You take the pledge:
“I am challenged to greatness.”
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Our challenge:Our challenge:• Integrate arts and culture into the
overall planning and development of the region and its infrastructure.
• Expand the breadth and depth of the art and cultural offerings.
• Ensure not only the future viability of arts and culture, but the social, spiritual and economic vitality of the region.
• Integrate arts and culture into the overall planning and development of the region and its infrastructure.
• Expand the breadth and depth of the art and cultural offerings.
• Ensure not only the future viability of arts and culture, but the social, spiritual and economic vitality of the region.
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Our challenge:Our challenge:• Combine economic development
efforts with arts and cultural educational institutions to create an educated and creative workforce.
• Strengthen the touchstones of creativity, art, science, culture and education for the future of our children and our grandchildren.
• Combine economic development efforts with arts and cultural educational institutions to create an educated and creative workforce.
• Strengthen the touchstones of creativity, art, science, culture and education for the future of our children and our grandchildren.
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Accept the challenge, and our rewards will be great:
Accept the challenge, and our rewards will be great:• Creativity on a massive scale• Regional prosperity• The cultural hub of the region• Creative workers, innovative
businesses and lots of visitors• Expanded economic development
• Creativity on a massive scale• Regional prosperity• The cultural hub of the region• Creative workers, innovative
businesses and lots of visitors• Expanded economic development
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Accept the challenge, and our rewards will be great:
Accept the challenge, and our rewards will be great:• New expressions of creativity• Jobs• Enlivened community and enhanced
charm• Holistic learning environment• Creative kids who problem solve creatively • Joy, life and excitement in every part of the
community
• New expressions of creativity• Jobs• Enlivened community and enhanced
charm• Holistic learning environment• Creative kids who problem solve creatively • Joy, life and excitement in every part of the
community
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The facts tell the story:The facts tell the story:• High school students test scores
increase in direct relationship to cultural experience.
• Nearly 8 million people visit cultural attractions annually.
• Over 15,000 jobs are already supported by the cultural community.
• Cultural tourists spend 45% more time in town than other tourists.
• High school students test scores increase in direct relationship to cultural experience.
• Nearly 8 million people visit cultural attractions annually.
• Over 15,000 jobs are already supported by the cultural community.
• Cultural tourists spend 45% more time in town than other tourists.
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It is time for each of us:It is time for each of us:• Each person, each cultural
organization, each business—take the pledge:
“I am challenged to greatness”
Help move Greater Louisville to a future made brighter by the fully realized potential of its rich cultural heritage.
• Each person, each cultural organization, each business—take the pledge:
“I am challenged to greatness”
Help move Greater Louisville to a future made brighter by the fully realized potential of its rich cultural heritage.
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• Start today.
• Take the pledge and meet the Challenge to Greatness!
• Start today.
• Take the pledge and meet the Challenge to Greatness!
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• Greater Louisvillians,
• Greater Louisville institutions,
• Greater Louisville businesses
• This is a start of a long list of those that had/have accepted and embrace/embraced a Challenge to Greatness and have impacted/are impacting the world
• Greater Louisvillians,
• Greater Louisville institutions,
• Greater Louisville businesses
• This is a start of a long list of those that had/have accepted and embrace/embraced a Challenge to Greatness and have impacted/are impacting the world
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People People • Pee Wee
Reese• Wendy Whelan• Diane Sawyer• David Jones• Meriwether
Lewis
• Pee Wee Reese
• Wendy Whelan• Diane Sawyer• David Jones• Meriwether
Lewis
• D.W. Griffith• Daryl Griffith• Paul Hornung• Hunter
Thompson• My Morning
Jacket
• D.W. Griffith• Daryl Griffith• Paul Hornung• Hunter
Thompson• My Morning
Jacket
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PeoplePeople• Victor Mature• Zachary Taylor• John James
Audubon• John Patrick
(Groggan)• Mary Travers• Pat Day
• Victor Mature• Zachary Taylor• John James
Audubon• John Patrick
(Groggan)• Mary Travers• Pat Day
• Marion Sunshine
• Marjorie Weaver
• John Martin • Marsha Norman• Isaac Murphy
• Marion Sunshine
• Marjorie Weaver
• John Martin • Marsha Norman• Isaac Murphy
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PeoplePeople• Matt Winn• Thomas A.
Edison• Jim Porter• Mary T.
Meagher• Henry Vogt
• Matt Winn• Thomas A.
Edison• Jim Porter• Mary T.
Meagher• Henry Vogt
• Fontaine Talbot Fox
• Helen Humes• Jonah Jones• Annie Fellows
Johnston• Jon Jory
• Fontaine Talbot Fox
• Helen Humes• Jonah Jones• Annie Fellows
Johnston• Jon Jory
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PeoplePeople• Dian Fossey• Muhammed Ali• Wendell Cherry• Justice
Brandeis• John Banward• Dr. Burt Monroe• Leo Burmeister
• Dian Fossey• Muhammed Ali• Wendell Cherry• Justice
Brandeis• John Banward• Dr. Burt Monroe• Leo Burmeister
• Pee Wee King (Julius F. A. Kuczynski)
• Ed Hamilton• Fuzzy Zoeller• Kutz & Kleinert• Etta James• Thomas Merton
• Pee Wee King (Julius F. A. Kuczynski)
• Ed Hamilton• Fuzzy Zoeller• Kutz & Kleinert• Etta James• Thomas Merton
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People People • Lionel Hampton• Lee Luvisi• Thomas Alva
Edison• Hobart Henley• Colonel
Sanders• Ned Beatty
• Lionel Hampton• Lee Luvisi• Thomas Alva
Edison• Hobart Henley• Colonel
Sanders• Ned Beatty
• Tom Cruise• Dr. Robert
Smith• Dr. Susanne
Ildstad• Leon Bibb• Dr. Wiliam
DeVries
• Tom Cruise• Dr. Robert
Smith• Dr. Susanne
Ildstad• Leon Bibb• Dr. Wiliam
DeVries
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People People • Frederick Law
Olmstead• The Hill Sisters
(Mildred, Patty, and Jessie)
• Mary Anderson• Irvin S. Cobb• Enid Yandell
• Frederick Law Olmstead
• The Hill Sisters (Mildred, Patty, and Jessie)
• Mary Anderson• Irvin S. Cobb• Enid Yandell
• Foster Brooks• Tod Browning• Mary Ann
Currier• Tori Murden
McClure• Wendell Berry• Sam Gilliam
• Foster Brooks• Tod Browning• Mary Ann
Currier• Tori Murden
McClure• Wendell Berry• Sam Gilliam
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People People • Dr. William
Henry Shepherd
• Irene Dunne• Henry
Watterson Hull• Robert Worth
Bingham
• Dr. William Henry Shepherd
• Irene Dunne• Henry
Watterson Hull• Robert Worth
Bingham
• Bob Thompson• Buck and
Bubbles (Ford Washington and John Sublett)
• Marlene Grissom
• Bob Thompson• Buck and
Bubbles (Ford Washington and John Sublett)
• Marlene Grissom
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BusinessesBusinesses• Humana
• Churchill Downs
• Louisville Slugger
• Brown-Forman
• Jarvik 7
• Humana
• Churchill Downs
• Louisville Slugger
• Brown-Forman
• Jarvik 7
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InstitutionsInstitutions• The Falls of the Ohio• Actors Theater of Louisville• School for the Blind• Louisville Zoo• Actors Theatre of Louisville• The Speed Art Museum• The Portland Museum• The Louisville Ballet• The Louisville Orchestra
• The Falls of the Ohio• Actors Theater of Louisville• School for the Blind• Louisville Zoo• Actors Theatre of Louisville• The Speed Art Museum• The Portland Museum• The Louisville Ballet• The Louisville Orchestra
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• Start today.
• Take the pledge and meet the Challenge to Greatness!
“Culture is the measure of a civilization.” — W.E.B. DuBois
• Start today.
• Take the pledge and meet the Challenge to Greatness!
“Culture is the measure of a civilization.” — W.E.B. DuBois
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A challenge to greatness.
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A challenge to greatness.
Will YOU take the pledge?