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Simsbury Parks and Recreation chair backs separating cultural functions into a standalone body
Summary
David Busch, chairman of Culture, Parks and Recreation, told the Charter Revision Commission that creating a separate arts/culture body could help focus programming and attract events, and said staff and selectmen support further discussion; commissioners raised questions about staffing and membership.
The Charter Revision Commission on April 15 received comments from David Busch, chairman of the town’s Culture, Parks and Recreation Commission, who said a standalone cultural body could help the town pursue events and programming that currently sit partly outside the parks-and-recreation operation.
"The idea that we place so much emphasis on culture, on music, on programming, in this town...gives the ability for an organization, a group of folks to focus on one thing and one thing only," Busch told the commission, arguing that a dedicated cultural commission could…
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