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Enhance current resources.Keen Independent presented the following initial recommendations for how to <br />enhance current resources: <br /> Foster partnerships and encouraging collaboration; <br />Develop training/mentoring programs; <br />Establish arts and historic districts; <br /> Enhance existing venues for the arts; <br />Activate underused spaces; and <br />Foster growth of existing organizations and city programs. <br />Open House participants provided comments based on these recommendations, which were grouped into <br />several categories as part of the analysis. <br />Events and promotion support.Several participants indicated that they would like to get more support <br />from the City for the promotion of local events. <br /> “Get the Meadows Center to host art events and promote area wide.” <br /> “Help with TV and billboard advertising for current events like Mardi Gras.” <br /> An arts stakeholder stated that they would like the City to use her organization's <br />promotional videos to help promote her organization's annual event and stated that they <br />want the City to pay for a billboard to promote the annual event. <br /> “Challenges in city cooperation with independent events—Mardi Gras, mermaids, film fest <br />and more.” <br /> “Support and value the Lost River Film Festival, keep it in San Marcos.” <br />City planning and resources. Some participants shared ideas for how the city can enhance existing <br />resources in the community. <br /> “Downtown arts/historic identified walkways, public transportation, art walks to center <br />of town.” <br /> “More pedestrian friendly transportation integration.” <br />“Protect the river. Decrease waste. Balance use of resources. Decrease barriers to use.” <br /> “Community maker spaces are starting to take shape. We need to support the emerging <br />network to leverage \[illegible\] mentorship.” <br /> “Communication and collaboration with ALL stakeholders.” <br /> “Continue to fund Walker’s Gallery to pay the curator a reasonable compensation for <br />the work.” <br /> “Create incentive for landlords to have events/galleries/shops at a reasonable rent.” <br /> <br />KEEN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH —SAN MARCOS ARTS MASTER PLAN 2022 APPENDIX D,PAGE 3 <br /> <br />