Cultural Council Agenda and Packet 2022 02 10

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City of Louisville Cultural Arts Master Plan The City promotes the public and private advancement of the arts and culture to strengthen the quality of life and small town character of Louisville by encouraging the development of a City-wide Arts and Cultural Master Plan aimed at integrating the arts, culture and humanities with urban design, economic development, education and other community development initiatives. --City of Louisville Comprehensive Plan PRINCIPLE CS-6 Introduction The City of Louisville has embraced our national reputation as a highly desirable community with small- town charm. Arts and cultural opportunities help to create that sense of community and are vital to maintaining the character of the City. This Cultural Arts Master Plan (CAMP) was created to explore the current state of arts and cultural opportunities in the City of Louisville and lay out a common vision for leveraging arts and cultural opportunities for the benefit of the City. The development of Louisville's CAMP began with a comprehensive study of current arts and cultural opportunities in Louisville. The CAMP identifies current partners who help create and promote arts and culture in Louisville including non-profit organizations, individual artists, businesses and the City of Louisville. It also addresses the strengths and challenges of available facilities and other artistic resources in the Louisville community. This Cultural Arts Master Plan outlines a shared long-term vision for the role of arts and culture in the Louisville community and establishes clear goals and strategies for achieving those goals. This shared vision is a tool for guiding the community as they work to advance Louisville's reputation as a vibrant cultural destination. It also serves to inform and guide City leadership in budgetary and other decisions that impact the quality and vitality of arts and culture in Louisville. Background Louisville, Colorado was incorporated in 1882 as a working class coal mining community. In recent years, Louisville's quaint, historic small town atmosphere and proximity to Boulder and the Rocky Mountains has attracted great interest, making it a highly desirable and livable community. Since the 1990s, housing prices have increased significantly as demand remains high in Louisville, Boulder County, and the entire Front Range corridor. Louisville's national reputation as an attractive location to live and work grew throughout the 2000s as the City was recognized by multiple national magazines as a premiere city to live and raise a family. 2