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Biddeford Cultural Plan

The Biddeford Cultural Coalition has embarked on the exciting process of developing a Cultural Plan for the City of Biddeford aimed at cultivating a resilient and thriving creative economy. In April 2020, the Planning and Development Department applied for a grant from the Maine Arts Commission on behalf of the BCC to produce a cultural plan for the city. A grant in the amount of $10,000 was awarded for this purpose.

Plan Goals:

  • Build capacity of existing arts and culture organizations;
  • Encourage new arts and culture organizations where appropriate;
  • Strengthen collaboration among these organizations to increase critical mass of events and programming and to provide economies of scale;
  • Demonstrate the clear value of the arts and culture sector to contribute to community and economic development

Surveys:

  • Biddeford Public Opinion Survey
  • Biddeford Artist and Maker Survey
  • Biddeford Cultural and Creative Industries Survey

Qualitative Data from Community Conversations:

  • Cultural Organizations   January 29, 2021
  • Artist and Makers    February 25, 2021
  • Municipal Leaders    March 4, 2021
  • Business Community February 22, 2021

Cultural Planning

Cultural planning provides a catalyst for the creativity that lies within every community. For years it’s been argued that the value of arts and cultural assets extends beyond the intrinsic and aesthetic. Until recently, the ability to define the value brought to communities through the presence of arts and cultural assets was limited by the lack of sufficient data available to support what many knew to be true; that not only do arts and cultural assets add to our overall enjoyment and quality of life, these assets also add significantly to the economy and serve as a powerful tool for community and economic development.

Over time, those keen on cultivating the benefits brought to communities by the presence of arts and culture worked to define what many refer to as the ‘creative economy’. Communities now have access to a growing body of data to support local, regional, and statewide planning initiatives aimed at cultivating the creative economy.

Much like land use planning serves as tool for municipalities and regional planning entities to help communities guide future development based on a community’s priorities and values, cultural planning serves as a tool for communities to develop and implement strategies to support a growing creative economy.

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