Department of Transportation & Environmental ... - City of Alexandria

Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton will attend the ArtWorks for Virginia sponsored by the
Virginia Commission for the Arts on January 24 and 25 in Richmond, VA. Ms. Colton will be out
of the office January 24 and 25; Ms. Carrel will be out of the office on January 25.
RESEARCH:
Local Arts Index & the Arts and Economic Prosperity IV Study
Team Leads: Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton
Status: No update.
Alexandria Quality of Life Indicators
Team Leads: Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton
Status: Allen Lomax, Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria, is spearheading an initiative to
identify Quality of Life Indicators. Planning faculty at Virginia Tech’s Alexandria Campus is
assisting. Alisa met with Alan and Carrie Fesperman, Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria, on
December 12 to discuss the lack of the arts in their draft report. Additional thoughts and
preliminary recommendations were provided to Allen on December 16. The Executive
Committee invited Allen to meet with them on January 6. Alisa and Cheryl Anne were also in
attendance. Allen provided background and welcomed additional suggestions. Because the
timing of their report is close to the timing of the Local Arts Index (LAI), the committee
recommended that they insert placeholders under four indicators until the Arts Commission and
Office of the Arts have had a chance to review the LAI report (anticipated to be released by
Americans for the Arts in late January/early February. Allen also mentioned that this is the first
year’s version and that next year’s will be more comprehensive and will provide an opportunity
to consider a theme devoted to the arts.
Submitted by Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton
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