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It’s all happening, not just at the zoo, but at the movie theaters, museums, and playhouses that populate Montgomery County. From left, the Hiway Theater in Jenkintown, Ursinus College’s Berman Museum of Art
in Collegeville, and the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown.
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Pottstown
Norristown
Lansdale
Collegeville
Jenkintown
Conshohocken
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Hatboro
Ambler
Pennsburg
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Movie Theaters
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Music Venues
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Performing Art Theaters
FIGURE 135:
Arts and Culture Venues
gas for 899,001 families
groceries for 437,601 families
Earnings from jobs in Montgomery
County’s creative industries accounted
for over $1.62 billion in wages in
2011. That can purchase one year’s*
worth of :
*Based on the Philadelphia Metropolitan
Statistical Area from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey,
2009-2010
Source: Montgomery County Planning Commission
