Madison Cultural Plan 2011 - City of Madison, Wisconsin

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Chiripa, Artisan Crafts of the Americas This community cultural center or school for the arts should be located in the emerging international area along the Park Street Corridor, and should be accessible by bus to both South and Southwest Madison residents. Collaborating partners should in particular include Centro Hispano, which has a modest cultural center at its facility already operating in that area. The new community cultural center should complement those efforts. See Recommendations 18, 45, and 52. III.D.1.c. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS Residents who live in areas without neighborhood centers have lacked access to recreational and community building opportunities for years. The current funding system rewards both extraordinarily troubled neighborhoods and those centers fortunate enough to have extremely successful community relations and fund raising leadership. Madison needs a more systematic approach to distributing resources to neighborhood centers, perhaps based on a capitation formula weighted for need. All neighborhoods, including historically underserved and emerging edge suburbs, need strong local programs, including significant arts and cultural offerings. See Recommendation 14. III.D.1.d. CITY CAPITAL PARTICIPATION IN FACILITY DEVELOPMENT In addition, the city can advance the inclusion of creative spaces in both public and private developments by exploring the financial tools and incentives already available and assessing their applicability to creative sector facility needs. For example, the Creative Initiatives Staff Team should explore low-income housing Madison Cultural Plan Findings 44
credits, historic preservation tax credits, affordable housing programs, the Community Development Block Program, and related financing tools. The Team should review the recent unsuccessful effort to repurpose the Garver Feed Mill for artists’ studios to see what lessons may be learned from that experience. By reviewing available tools through the creative sector lens, and filling any gaps identified, the city positions itself to support development of needed facilities. The Urban Institute has found that “the inclusion of arts and cultural uses in community development plans has much more practical value as a stimulant to artists’ space development than inclusion of artists’ space development in cultural plans.” As a result, this plan makes recommendations to bridge the gap between cultural and community development planning by requiring consideration of creative sector space needs in Madison’s community development plans. While the city does participate in capital facility costs for certain arts and cultural facilities, it concentrates that support on the Henry Vilas Zoo (based on an intergovernmental agreement), Monona Terrace, and the public libraries. The city lacks a mechanism for the systematic support of important neighborhood-based and discipline-specific facilities. Madison can correct this deficit by creating an annual capital commitment to such facilities, targeting support to facilities that are nonprofit ventures with representative citizen boards and strong operating positions. Such a fund could, for example, help advance the proposed South Madison Cultural Center or retrofit a warehouse to create low-cost production and performance spaces. These capital funds should be made available on a competitive basis and require a 1:1 cash and/or in-kind match to encourage sweat equity projects. Eligible activities should include planning and feasibility studies, design work, and site preparation and construction. Eligible projects should include initial construction, renovation, repair, and upgrades including production/technical equipment, landscaping and grounds. Awards should be focused on projects consistent with the priorities expressed in the City’s current cultural plan. See Recommendations 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, and 45. Madison Cultural Plan Findings 45
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