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EDAC plans community polling and research for city identity, flag and public-art proposals
Summary
The committee discussed the community identity enhancement project and recommended collecting citizen input and studying impacts of public-art programs before making recommendations on a city flag or sculpture program.
The Economic Development Advisory Committee discussed next steps for the community identity enhancement project, which includes potential city-flag selection, public-art installations and a possible sculpture program.
Members asked staff to identify who ran the previous city flag campaign so the committee could review the polling results. Committee members suggested pairing resident polling with case studies of successful public-art programs in other cities to estimate potential economic impact and volunteer or sponsorship models. One member recommended researching similar programs (for example, itinerant sculpture trails) to evaluate costs, funding approaches and measurable benefits.
The Chamber of Commerce and other local partners were identified as likely collaborators for outreach and poll distribution. Committee members asked staff to gather existing polling results and to coordinate with the chamber and other stakeholders to design new citizen-input activities.
Ending: Staff agreed to identify prior flag-campaign organizers and to work with the chamber and EDAC members to plan polling and comparative research for future recommendation development.
