Bureau/Division/Agency
Cultural Affairs Council; Arts Commission; Historic Preservation Commission; Library; Museum; Archives
Document Type
Text
Exact Creation Date
9-2002
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Cultural Affairs Council, "A Report to the People of Maine from the Maine Cultural Affairs Council The New Century Community Program" (2002). Cultural Affairs Council Documents. 23.
https://digitalmaine.com/cac_docs/23
File Size
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Rights Statement
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Description
Maine's New Century Community Program (NCCP) is a unique public-private partnership of seven state-wide cultural agencies working together through the Maine Cultural Affairs Council (MCAC) to provide a large-scale arts and cultural development program to Maine's communities. The NCCP was designed to support a wide range of arts and cultural activities in Maine communities with three general objectives: ~ to advance the economic and social development of these communities by strengthening their arts and cultural resources; ~ to expand the access of their residents to library and other educational resources; and ~ to preserve Maine's historic resources, properties, artifacts, and documents. In 1999, the NCCP received funding from the Maine State Legislature of