City Council Meeting Date: March 12, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Teresa Jensen, Library & IT Director
Title
Northfield Cultural Plan discussion prior to adoption by the Northfield City Council.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council will consider adoption of the Northfield Cultural Plan.
Summary Report:
The Arts & Culture Commission has embarked on a year-long plus process to update the city's cultural plan. The previous plan, ArtsPlan 06, was put forth to City Council in 2006 but never fully adopted. Several pieces of that plan have been successfully implemented, namely the creation of the Arts & Culture Commission in 2007. However, the Commission felt it was time for the plan to be revisited and updated to remain relevant and to bolster and support the city's Strategic Plan.
A group of Northfield residents representing elected officials (Mayor Pownell), Arts and Culture Commissioners (Karna Hauck, Alyssa Melby), City staff, (Teresa Jensen), and other community stakeholders (Megan Proft, Daphne McCoy, and Lisa Peterson) participated in the ArtsLab Cohort, "Leveraging Creativity in Community Development" from September 2017-March 2018. The group then went through ArtsPlan 06 to look for components that were still relevant and deemed essential to moving forward, as well as other city planning documents (Comprehensive Plan, current Strategic Plan, Gateway Corridor Plan, Streetscape Plan) to look for alignment for goals and actions. A draft of the plan went through a public comment process in August 2018, and final edits were made to the plan included in the packet.
The Cultural Plan 2019-2024 includes four strategic priorities: Building the Brand, Working Together, Placemaking: Products and Projects, and Guiding Implementation. Each priority has several targets which are intentionally left blank and will be determined after each priority's subcommittee is formed and operational. The Cultural Plan format and...
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