Gro wnc cultural resources workgroup meeting march 2012
Transcript of Gro wnc cultural resources workgroup meeting march 2012
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Cultural Resources Workgroup Meeting
Today’s Objectives
• Come to understanding of common goals
• Select nominations to Steering Committee
Goals Discussion
Cultural Resource Goal Summary
From Adopted Plans
Cultural Resource Goal Summary
From Blue Ridge Heritage Local Plans
Goals- All 5 Counties
• Historic Preservation• Cultural Preservation• Preserve Natural Resources
Goals- 4 out of the 5 Counties• Establish and promote events and festivals• Promote local artisans• Link cultural and historic sites• Increase cultural tourism• Preserve natural environment• Promote and preserve national forests & parks• Heritage museums• Rural mountain history• Preserve & restore historic sites• Promote small town culture and economy• Promote farmer’s market• Promote local food economy• Promote agri-tourism• Promote active local farming
Goals 3 out of the 5 counties
• Promote musical heritage• Create greenways to promote cultural tourism• Open space preservation• Engage and educate the local community• Preserve historic corridors
Goals from the WorkgroupVISION
• The region is locally and nationally recognized for its creative placemaking, unique historical resources and craft heritage and the creative economy is embraced as a cornerstone for the region.
Goals from the WorkgroupEducation, Advocacy, Awareness
• Would like to see more field trips for students that are based on embracing historical resources. This can help them to embrace their place and better understand who they are.
• Improve advocacy, involvement and engagement in cultural arts.
• Bring arts and culture curricula back to the K-12 classroom
• Create a state regional history museum in WNC
Goals from the WorkgroupArts & the Economy
• Community leaders recognize arts and culture as a key industry and provide support- creating the cornerstone for future growth in the industry
• Create an innovative model supporting the arts and culture industry that can be shared and recognized nationally
• Build a statistical inventory “Americans for the art’ for economic prosperity
Goals from the WorkgroupData based Policy Making
• Build a statistical inventory “Americans for the art” for economic prosperity
• Create “one voice” for the arts and culture community in WNC
• Research studies (such as Barret Value Study) to determine if people are actually inovled in/support arts and culture or if it is just something they say
Reality Check # 1
• One meeting in each county
• Open House Style• ‘Stations’ facilitated by
Workgroup and Project Team members
• Objective: – Introduce pubic to the
project – Get public feedback on
Goals & Objectives
Additional Discussion Points
• How do we message natural resources to the public?
• Cultural Resource metrics• Ideas for separate complimentary projects• Examples of places/projects that do/do not
exemplify the goals• Project advocacy
Summer Work session
• Groups fully integrated• Goal-centric• Alternatives modeling