Arts & Culture

Counties for Economic Mobility (C4EM) advances equitable upward economic mobility to move individuals and families out of poverty. C4EM supports a range of activities to drive data-driven and community-informed policymaking in county government. 

NACo works to strengthen county resiliency by building leadership capacity to identify and manage risk, and allow counties to become more flexible and responsive.

Explore these resources to promote inclusive economic prosperity for county residents.

The Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative, developed with Americans for the Arts and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides county leaders with tools to integrate the arts into local solutions. 

The Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities initiative connects coal communities, supports local leaders and builds capacity in under-resourced communities to advance new approaches and projects for economic diversification.