High Peaks

ARTS AND HERITAGE SURVEY

This public opinion survey below is being conducted as a project of the High Peaks Loop in an effort to assess the reach, value, and relevance of the High Peaks arts and heritage resources. If you would like to be entered into a prize drawing for artwork of the High Peaks region enter your email after you click submit at the end. Please be assured that your survey responses will remain confidential and will not be shared.

Please complete the questions below as completely and as accurately as possible. Survey results will be presented only in aggregate with no identifying information. The survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes of your time. By completing this survey you are supporting the growth and development of Franklin County’s creative industries sector. If you have any questions or wish to learn more about this study, please contact Saskia Reinholt at saskia@localhost:8888/reinholtconsulting

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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.