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ARTS COMMISSION <br /> Sustainability& Community Building <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 1 d. Create more all- county shared events . <br /> Response : Working with BOCC , EDC , Visitors Bureau , and others on 250tt' Anniversary <br /> special events . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 4a . Provide and promote gallery space in all public and <br /> quasi-public buildings. <br /> Response : Developed proposal for hanging system in Southern Human Services Center, <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 4b . Encourage displays of art and arts performances in <br /> public spaces and in businesses. <br /> Response : Subcommittee of Arts Commission formed to explore options and invite <br /> participation from local businesses . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 4c. Create partnership between high schools and <br /> community to create cultural arts centers which are accessible and low- cost for <br /> community event use. <br /> Response : No action taken to date . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 . 4d. Establish a space for arts and community groups to <br /> have shared officesimeeting space to plan projects and foster partnerships. <br /> Response : Possibility for meeting space part of county space study and medium -term <br /> plan for housing OCAC in the " rock building " on Churton Street . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 4e. Promote the accessibility of space to use for artists ' <br /> studios and cooperatives. <br /> Response : Working with EDC on this goal . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 5a . Create incentives to support local artists. <br /> Response : Arts Commission continues Grassroots Grants program in support of local <br /> artists , open to working with all on other creative incentives . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 5b . Create a public-private partnership to fund arts . <br /> Response : Research underway into models ; no action taken to date . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 6a . Develop a county arts incubator. <br /> Response : Arts Commission and EDC have had preliminary discussions with potential <br /> funders ; no formal action taken to date . <br /> Task Force Recommendation 1 : 6b. Establish a community arts resources center. . . <br /> Response : Possibility for community resource center part of county space study and <br /> medium -term plan for housing OCAC in the " rock building " on Churton Street . <br />