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City hears preview of draft Arts & Culture Master Plan funded by NEA Our Town grant

Board of City Commissioners · October 14, 2025
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Summary

Staff presented a roughly 70-page Arts & Culture Master Plan (an NEA Our Town grant project) summarizing engagement (23 stakeholder interviews, six focus groups) and next steps including adopting a public-art policy and staffing recommendations if the commission approves the plan.

City staff briefed the commission on a draft Bismarck Arts & Culture Master Plan on Oct. 14, describing community engagement and recommended next steps ahead of a planned return for adoption.

Lauren, the project lead, said the plan — supported in part by a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant — contains five chapters: process, community…

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