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Community Development and the Arts:
Future Possibilities for the
East-of-the-River Communities
March 15, 2001 at 7pm

L-R, Philippa Hughes, Juanita Britton, Martine Combal,
Edmund C. Fleet, Duane Gautier, Ayris Scales

 

Why is it important to have arts development in the community?

Response 1 (Duane Gautier)

Response 2 (Duane Gautier)

 

What is a "creative economy?" (Martine Combal)

Response (Duane Gautier)

 

Discuss the entrepreneurial aspects of the creative economy.

Response (Juanita Britton)

 

Discuss projects across the city and in other cities that show the benefits of a creative economy.

Response (Ayris Scales)

Commentary by Philippa Hughes

 

What arts districts in other cities are good models?

Response 1 (Martine Combal)

Response 2 (Juanita Britton)

Response 3 (Juanita Britton)

Response 4 (Duane Gautier)

Response 5 (Ayris Scales)

 

Now what do we do? What’s next?

Response (Edmund C. Fleet )

 

Whose job is it to press developers (for resources)?

Response 1 (Juanita Britton)

Response 2 (Duane Gautier)

Response 3 (Ayris Scales)

Response 4 (Martine Combal)

How do we create a big impact based on large-scale cooperation?
Why isn’t there an Arts Coordinator to facilitate these efforts?

Response 1 (Duane Gautier)

Response 2 (Juanita Britton)

What is happening here and (directed to Edmund C. Fleet) what can we do to help you?

Response (Edmund C. Fleet )

 

The second half of the forum was an engaging dialogue among the panelists, Ward 8 residents, and Ward 8 artists; topics included grassroots activism.

To respect the legal rights of audience participants the remainder is available by appontment.