Arts Build Communities projects address important local community issues including literacy, downtown redevelopment, community planning and cultural inclusiveness through a variety of arts disciplines to provide positive and lasting change for people throughout the state. The Arts Build Communities program offers support to underserved communities, including those where opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. The Commission is able to support these community arts development projects through a funding partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.