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Alamosa Creates details community engagement as it prepares state creative-district application
Summary
Alamosa Creates told the City Council it completed five community engagement sessions, developed an action plan and plans to submit an application to Colorado Creative Industries in 2026 to seek Creative District certification; the committee also reported a successful 2025 Arts Festival and launched a public input survey.
Lattice Feliciano, chair of Alamosa Creates, told the Alamosa City Council on Jan. 21 that the committee is preparing to apply for Colorado Creative Industries’ Creative District certification when the application opens in 2026. "My name is Lattice Feliciano, and I am the chair of Alamosa Creates, and we are lucky to have a couple of our members in the room," Feliciano said as she began the annual update.
Felicianio (sic) said Alamosa Creates held five community engagement sessions in 2025 at locations including Adams State University, the Boys and Girls Club, the SLV Museum, City Hall and Rio Grande Farm Park, with average attendance of about 17 people. The committee completed a draft action plan that staff and members expect to include with the state application and said it met with Christie Costello of Colorado Creative Industries for technical guidance in March 2025.
The committee also reviewed submissions for the 2025–26 Alamosa Creates Arts Festival, supported Visit Alamosa’s first bridal program, and helped place downtown sculptures. Feliciano highlighted a new youth art showcase and a highly attended artist reception during Art Fest weekend and said the committee is forming working groups for marketing, outreach and fundraising to support the certification process.
Council members thanked the committee for the work. Councilor Liz Hensley called the community-driven process "infectious" and said even some residents who initially opposed the tax have been satisfied with the results. Councilor Don Krebs and others praised the festival and committee volunteers.
The committee asked council to promote a community input survey (a QR code was provided on a handout) to gather the remaining public feedback needed for the application. Feliciano said the action plan and community-engagement documentation are essential to the city’s formal application to Colorado Creative Industries.
Alamosa Creates will continue to convene working groups, finalize the action plan and submit materials when the state’s application window opens in 2026.
