Leadership not Lacking, but Busy Collaborating, for Arts Centre Project
Recent coverage in the Georgia Straight determined that leadership was needed to take advantage of the opportunity to develop an Arts Centre from a soon-to-be decommissioned Community Centre building in the heart of Vancouver's Mount Pleasant district. The article read, in part:
Alternatives to Creating Yet Another Arts NonProfit
When artists and creative sector groups begin to face the need to fundraise and establish a more organized and permanent structure for the projects they want to develop, the question I am most frequently asked is: "How do we form a nonprofit society?" followed closely by "Where do we get grants and how do we apply?"
Less rarely, do people ask themselves the question that is my first response: "Why do you want to do that?" and then "What else have you considered?"
Vancouver City Council considers cutting implementation of Cultural Plan
This is an excerpt from an email alert sent today to the creative community:
At last week's Council meeting a report was accepted by Council on an Interim Budget - ways to increase revenue and cut expenses that will prevent having to increase taxes to meet the planned expenditures for this year. Included as one of the recommended cuts - considered a low priority project (based on the input from the public that took place in January this year) - is the implementation of the Cultural Plan, which this year includes the Facilities Plan and the Cultural Tourism Strategy.
