The week of February 7, 2008
When three weeks ago we asked philanthropists to follow the lead of Adrienne Arsht, who had just given $30 million to steady Miami’s shaky performing arts center, we were hopeful but restrained.
We hoped others would fund arts but never expected anything approaching Ms. Arsht’s generosity and vision.
We shouldn’t have been so moderate. This week the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation doubled Ms. Arsht’s ante, creating a $60 million engine to propel Florida’s arts community forward.
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