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IVCSD approves community-led spring festival plan and contingency budget ahead of Deltopia weekend
Summary
The board approved a staff-proposed, community-run spring festival (tentatively "Novotopia") that uses entertainment zones, wristbands to prioritize local residents, security and EMS coordination and a contingency budget increase if fundraising falls short.
The Isla Vista Community Services District approved a staff-led plan on Jan. 13 to organize a community-run spring festival for Deltopia weekend, a multi-zone model the presenter described as a way to keep music and local performers vibrant while prioritizing resident participation and safety.
Maya, the staff member who authored the presentation and led the event proposal, described a model with multiple "entertainment zones" across the Isla Vista loop, local business participation, event leads hired from the community, and a wristband system intended to prioritize local residents and reduced roaming police presence within the festival footprint. "Save the Music Novotopia is a multi zone festival that centers all of the great things that…
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