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Arts Council urges stronger community- and culture-first language in borough comprehensive plan
Summary
Ketchikan Arts Council representatives told the planning commission the draft comprehensive plan understates community character and living culture, urging reinstatement of cultural and archaeological inventory language, broader education partnerships beyond K–12 and a community-wide cultural plan to complement historic preservation.
Kathleen Light, director of the Ketchikan Arts Council, told the planning commission the draft comprehensive plan places too much emphasis on tourism and insufficiently reflects the borough’s lived culture, lifelong learning and partner-led education.
"Our suggestion is that sustainable tourism strategies must offer solutions that contribute to Ketchikan's fiscal health and improve your rent livability," Light said…
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