We have a city arts commission that is in the process of drafting an arts & culture plan.  Their work is currently stalled while they negotiate with city planners over where the plan will live within the city master plan.  The arts commission is arguing in favor of creating a new header for “arts, culture & history” (or, alternately, just “cultural resources”); the city wants to locate it under “recreation.”

Can anyone share a precedent or best practices from your town, city or state that we can use to make the case against “recreation” (which not only fails to capture the impact of the arts on community, it establishes a perspective we clearly want to avoid). 

Thank you!

Lisa Burk-McCoy

Creative Communities & Arts in Health

19 Pillsbury Street . First Floor . Concord, NH . 03301

lisa.burk-mccoy@dncr.nh.gov . 603-271-0794

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