The town of Manchester uses community-based strategies to support the local arts. Manchester has implemented a comprehensive approach to arts based development by offering Music in Masconomo Park, a summer concert series where local bands play a variety of music from Oldies, to Swing, and from Rhythm & Blues to Classic Rock. Each week, families and people involved with the community come together in the central park overlooking the harbor to enjoy music and a variety of local food. This concert series is funded by non-profit organizations like the local little league baseball teams, the Manchester athletic club, and local pharmacy. Music in Masconomo provides a filter through which people can be involved in ever summer to increase the towns cultural capital. This seasonal ritual makes Manchester a distinctive and diverse community that attracts people from surrounding communities to generate local economic growth.