Monroe Arts Center is home to the Monroe County Arts Council and its Creative Expressions Gift Shop and also serves as the Monroe Tourism bureau. The Center is a gathering place for all things arts, hosts various classes, performances and programs as well as supports nearly 50 local member artisans in the effort to place, promote and sell their goods. Art styles range from paintings, drawings, pottery and glassware, to fabric arts, jewelry, local authors and more. The historic facility with belltower is in need of a new roof. The plan is to replace it with a metal roof similar to the one the Council placed on the historic Buchanan Church facility.

Spaces like the Monroe Arts Center serve multiple purposes in communities like Monroe County – providing a place to highlight the work of local artists, a home for the Monroe Tourism Bureau, and serving as a gathering space for a variety of events in the Monroe County community.

Capital projects like the Monroe Arts Center roof replacement are essential to ensuring these spaces continue to serve the community for years to come while preserving important pieces of local history and sites for heritage tourism in communities across Appalachian Ohio.

Volunteer organizations like the Monroe Arts Council rely on donations to support these kinds of capital projects which often fall outside other funding resources but are essential to supporting a vibrant community with access to wide range of programs and enrichment activities for those of all ages.