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The Municipality of Trent Hills is embarking on a process to develop a Trent Hills Cultural Plan. The goal of cultural planning is prosperous, sustainable and vibrant communities. Vibrant, authentic places with lively cultural and entertainment options are magnets that attract and retain creative people. This creative workforce in turn generates wealth in an expanding knowledge economy.
The Trent Hills Culture Plan (the Plan) will be a strategic document for the Municipality of Trent Hills and its partners that identifies municipal and community priorities for strengthening the arts and cultural sector and elevating its role in sustainable community-building. Through extensive community engagement, the Plan aims to encourage a shared cultural vision in Trent Hills and provide a set of guiding principles and actions that ensures Trent Hills reaches its greatest potential as a culturally vibrant, creative community.
Community Engagement Overview
The planning process has been divided into three phases. Phase 1 focuses on gathering background data and conducting an initial analysis of opportunities and constraints. Emerging themes and ideas will be identified that influence how we define culture, the direction and scope of the planning process. Phase 2 will build from this analysis to generate a Vision Statement and Core Values for the Plan through community visioning forums. These will feed into a set of strategic recommendations to be tested through further community engagement. Phase 3 will involve the preparation of the draft Culture Plan, to be reviewed through a second major community forum prior to presenting the Plan to Council. Community engagement is considered to be fundamental to this planning process and multiple opportunities for engagement are provided, ranging in scale and varying in objectives. The following events are planned for this process:
- Community Forums (comprising of public meetings and stakeholder workshops);
- Two mid-project reports to the Municipality;
- Five meetings with the Steering Committee;
- Ongoing communications and consultation via web, email, interviews and telephone.
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Project Work Plan & Schedule September 8, 2010
Cultural Plan Workshop
July 14, 2010 Presentation
Guest Speaker Presentation - Ken Doherty
Workshop Summary Notes
Press Release - Creative Communities Prosperity Fund
Trent Hills Cultural Plan Steering Committee
Committee Mandate
Committee List
Novita Interpares Inc.
to provide guidance with development of the Plan
Resources
Creative City Network of Canada
Municipal Cultural Planning Partnership
Ontario Ministry of Culture |
