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Texas Commission on the Arts – Cultural Districts Program

State designation program that recognizes and supports officially designated Texas Cultural Districts, helping arts and creative businesses benefit from coordinated promotion, funding eligibility, and local economic development incentives.

About this program

Visit the program website for full details.

Eligibility

Texas cities or counties seeking to designate a cultural district must apply through TCA. Arts and creative businesses within designated cultural districts gain access to expanded grant eligibility and economic development benefits.

Requirements

  • Must be a Texas city or county applying on behalf of a cultural district
  • Cultural district must demonstrate a concentration of arts, cultural, and creative activities
  • Designated districts gain access to TCA project grant funding and state promotion