AMS maintains
corporate offices in Connecticut (Fairfield), California (Petaluma),
and Missouri
(St. Louis), and employs a full-time professional
staff of ten. Additionally,
the firm maintains informal ties to a range of professional specialists
such as architects, acousticians, theatre consultants, MIS specialists
and systems designers, box office consultants, and marketing and
communications strategists who are brought together in various
configurations depending
on the demands of each planning assignment.
Since its founding in 1988,
AMS has gained national recognition for its counsel on a range of important
planning
projects in all areas of the country. Specifically, the firm conducts
feasibility studies for arts programs and facilities, leads strategic planning
efforts including merger and collaboration studies, represents owners of
new facilities during construction, creates community cultural plans, advises
on marketing strategies, evaluates grant programs, and authors research reports
and White Papers on industry trends.
Read our
mission statement to learn more about what we value and what we do. |
Cultural Facility Feasibility
- Vision & mission definition
- Market analysis, competition & potential
- Comparison facility case studies
- Community facility needs assessment
- Facility use projections, space
programming & site assessment
- Business planning, financial projections & project
financing
- Historic preservation & adaptive
re-use analysis
Business Planning & Strategy
- Strategic planning
- Board development
- Collaborations, mergers & shared
services
- Staffi ng & compensation studies
- Operations benchmarking & best
practices
- Ticketing & information systems
- Senior executive recruitment
- Financial modeling & projections
Audience & Market Research
- Research strategy, design & methodology
- Patron file & consumer segmentation
analysis
- Market definition & demographics
- Community telephone surveys
- Direct mail & intercept surveys
- Audience questionnaires
- Focus groups & in-depth interviews
- Action plan recommendations
Community Cultural Planning
- Cultural policy & planning
- Community-wide funding strategies
- Market analysis & visitor potential
- Arts district planning
- Cultural & historic asset inventory
- Economic impact analysis
- Tourism assessment & planning
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