Summit County arts leaders outline master plan progress and unveil roundabout sculpture project

The Arts Council for Park City and Summit County and consultants for an arts and culture master plan presented initial findings and an update on a major public-art project to the Summit County Council at its March meeting. Jocelyn Scudder, executive director of the Arts Council, and representatives from Columbus, Ohio–based Designing Local summarized seven months of community engagement and preliminary recommendations and described an upcoming roundabout sculpture installation slated for summer.

The presentation outlined the purpose of the master plan — to create a shared definition of arts and culture across the county, identify gaps in facilities and programming, and recommend funding and policy options to support arts as both quality-of-life and economic drivers. “Arts and culture nonprofits and events drive $176,000,000 in economic activity,” Scudder told the council, citing a local arts and economic prosperity study conducted with Americans for the Arts. Consultants noted…