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CREATIVE CITY NEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER
2003
ISSUE 9: DESIGN AND PLANNING
ISSUE IN FOCUS
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CREATIVE
CITY COMMUNITIES
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
UPCOMING
EVENTS
CREATIVE CITY COMMUNITIES: What HAVE they
been up to?
VENTURA
Ventura’s
Cultural District
Community
Partnerships Granting Program
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Using the ‘Creative
Cities’ process to plan for an enhanced cultural district
As part of the Creative Cities initiative, the City of San
Buenaventura hosted a "charrette" regarding the
future development of downtown Ventura. In December 2002,
approximately 60 community leaders gathered to share ideas
regarding the vision for downtown, the Cultural District,
and the issue of infill housing.
Specific recommendations in relation to the Cultural District
included the need to study the feasibility of creating a downtown
cultural center, and to clarify the benefits of art-related
spending to the local economy, as part of a larger campaign
to increase the number of stakeholders willing to invest in
the arts and the cultural arts district.
The City decided to partner with the San Buenaventura Foundation
for the Arts to address these issues, providing funding for
both a cultural facilities feasibility study and an economic
impact report. In July 2003, AMS completed the Cultural Facilities
Feasibility Study. The study analyzes community awareness
of and support for the creation of a cultural center. It defines
specific space needs and square footage requirements in modules,
by discipline, which can be accommodated in one facility or
a group of facilities.
City Council received the Study, instructed staff to include
a policy statement and the needs assessment information in
the Downtown Specific Plan update and authorized the next
phase of research, including the economic impact report, with
completion anticipated in Spring 2004.
Reported By: Jessica Cusick, Special Projects Manager, City
of Ventura
2003-2004 Community Partnerships
Granting Program Provides $210,000 to 21 Organizations for
Social Services
The City of Ventura Community Partnerships Granting Program
– administered through the Community Services Department
– recently provided $210,000 in FY 2003-2004 funding
to 16 non-profit organizations or social service agencies
in our community. Those 16 organizations/agencies will provide
21 social service programs to community residents.
http://www.ci.ventura.ca.us/pressreleases/commpartgrant.htm
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