1 Building a Creative Economy: A Cultural Plan for Lambton County Community Forums March 2011

2 Overview 1.Why Should We Care? 2.What Are We Talking About? - Municipal Cultural Planning - Culture and cultural resources 2.The Cultural Plan Process 3.Questions 4.Breakout Group Discussion 9/13/2015

3 Overview "In the landscape of the 21st century, nothing looms larger than culture. It is the new infrastructure, the civic bedrock on which the most successful modern metropolises are built. Culture is to the contemporary city what roads, sewers and bridges were in the 19th and early 20th centuries. “ Christopher Hume, Urban Affairs Columnist, Toronto Star 9/13/2015

4 Social and Economic Benefits Urban Revitalization and Renewal. Cultural Tourism. Quality of Place – Quality of Life Culture as an Economic Engine. Building Community Identity & Pride Addressing Social Issues – Youth, Diversity, Education, etc. Personal & Social Development of Youth 9/13/2015

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6 Municipal Cultural Planning A municipally-led process for identifying and leveraging a community’s cultural resources, strengthening the management of those resources, and integrating cultural resources across all facets of local government planning and decision-making. 9/13/2015

7 New Expectations of Municipalities

8 9/13/2015 Ontario Plans 9/13/2015 Larger Urban Centers Mississauga Mid-Size Cities Kingston Barrie Oakville Vaughan Regional Municipalities Region of Niagara Mixed Urban/Rural Areas Chatham-Kent Smaller Communities and Rural Areas Orillia Prince Edward County Northern Municipalities Thunder Bay Dryden

9 Culture and Cultural Resources 9/13/2015 Culture??

10 Culture and Cultural Resources 9/13/2015

11 Cultural Resources 9/13/2015

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13 9/13/2015 Project Overview 1. Start Up - Steering Group Meeting 2. Where Are We Now? - Review of planning documents + Interviews + Municipal staff meeting 3. Where Do We Want to Be? - Community Forums > Vision and strategic directions 4. How Do We Get There? - Prepare draft Cultural Plan > Review with Steering Group > draft Plan to County Council - Post for community comments and input 5. Final Review and Approvals - Present to County Council - Launch at Town Hall Meeting 9/13/2015

14 9/13/2015 Questions 9/13/2015

15 9/13/2015 Questions for Breakout Discussion 1. Identify 3 keywords that should be reflected in the Cultural Plan vision 2. What should be 2 guiding principles for the Plan – here it’s useful to think in terms of ‘We value’ statements 3. What should be the priorities for the Plan? What are 3 ‘big ideas’ or strategies that would advance the vision and principles? 9/13/2015