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City presents plan to align arts with economic development and explores East Bookend redevelopment
Summary
Assistant City Manager Mark Wolf outlined a reorganization to create an Office of Cultural and Economic Development to align arts and business vitality. Staff described an East Bookend redevelopment opportunity near Central Park and invited commission feedback.
Mark Wolf, assistant city manager, told the Arts Commission that the city is reorganizing to create an Office of Cultural and Economic Development that will align cultural work with business support and commercial‑area vitality.
"One of the first things we did in response to that priority is update our economic vitality strategy," Wolf said, explaining that the city wants to intentionally link arts and culture with economic development tools and business support. He said the reorganization will not change the arts and culture function’s day‑to‑day work but will create new…
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