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Designing Local Limited presents arts and cultural master plan recommending downtown cultural district, arts council and funding strategies
Summary
Consultants from Designing Local Limited presented the city's draft Arts & Cultural Master Plan, recommending a downtown cultural district, creation of an arts council/nonprofit, a public‑art coordinator position, and a mix of funding tools including hotel‑motel tax allocations and "percent for art" proposals.
Consultants from Designing Local Limited presented the final draft of Temple's Arts & Cultural Master Plan during Thursday's workshop, summarizing a yearlong engagement that included a community survey, a steering committee and building assessments.
Why it matters: The plan lays out a multi‑year strategy to concentrate cultural assets downtown, pursue Texas Commission on the Arts cultural‑district designation, expand public art and create sustainable funding and governance for arts programming. The consultants said the plan is intended to drive economic development, increase…
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