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Committee reviews Artful Tacoma strategies for inclusion in updated economic development plan
Summary
Staff presented Artful Tacoma (arts and cultural vitality) strategies and proposed integrating select initiatives into the department’s 2025–2030 economic development strategy, emphasizing placemaking, public art and equitable access to cultural resources.
Rebecca Solverson, arts and cultural vitality division manager in the Community and Economic Development Department, briefed the committee on options to fold Artful Tacoma strategies into the department’s updated economic development strategic plan.
Solverson said Artful Tacoma’s five strategies — grow and sustain the creative economy; promote equity, diversity and inclusion through the arts; use public art to create active public places; strengthen the creative ecosystem; and optimize arts programming capacity — align with economic development goals and the committee’s focus area on placemaking and city image.
The nut graf: Staff proposed that the committee integrate key Artful Tacoma initiatives into the economic development strategy so arts and cultural…
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