“The arts play a huge part in placemaking and quality of life. They are the reason people come here and stay here. It creates the feeling of a real city when you have a thriving arts and culture scene.”

“After years of providing affordable artist studios, the next logical step is to provide sustainable housing where they can live and work, said executive director Markus Gottschlich.”

“...the WADA campus, which has become, in recent years, a major hub for all kinds of community activity, most arts-related.”

It was then, he said, “I started realizing the joy of the nonprofits’ work. Once that bug bites you, once you see how good you can do with placing arts and culture where it’s really needed …