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“Develop and build a community cultural center” — we don’t have that. “Arts education” — <br />not sure what the City is doing to support this. We get about half of what we should be able <br />to get from the “arts taxes.” <br />Arts is not just for the white community, it’s not pretentious. <br />Small/medium businesses won’t benefit fromthe 1 percent tax break. <br /> The arts council is bringing in some new blood and active artists, rather than just caring <br />community members. I like that we’re doing art, we’re just a bit limited in scope for a <br />progressive college towns. <br />Insights for Arts Master Plan.Interviewees also provided feedback regarding the master plan. <br />\[Discussing potential challenges to the Arts Master Plan\] The roadblocks are likely to be <br />changed in political pendulum swings. It happened here and will happen again. No one <br />knows how to be moderate in this town, it’s one extreme or the other. It’s a very visible <br />funding request. <br /> \[Discussing how politics might affect the Master Plan\] Hopefully it’s acceptable enough on <br />all sides that all sides would want to implement it. Which means it might be a blander plan. <br />It’s hard when you can’t say yes to everything. We have so many needs. <br /> Maybe in the master plan …. Do we need to remind arts commission that we want to <br />connect downtown to the river? Theater? Seeding? Etc. They might forget. The people judge <br />the art itself. <br /> “Last master plan — calls for a multi-million-dollar arts center …. I would caution whether <br />dumping a bunch of money into an arts center makes sense with other community <br />investment.” <br /> “The Arts seem to be an afterthought in this town. It does no good to have a City Arts <br />Master Plan if there is no City department/staff/funding to implement it.” <br /> The last arts master plan was great, but lacked follow through and a plan for <br />implementation. Don’t rely on volunteerism and nonprofits to execute the master plan. <br />Additional recommendations.Interviewees provided feedback and recommendations for how arts and <br />culture can be improved in San Marcos. <br />Improve upon what works. <br /> Dollars could be spent more on experiencing art. <br /> Blanco Gardens might not fit within historic arts and culture but if there are decisions being <br />made around the connection between historic and cultural preservation, looking at how to <br />extend it across different areas that may have some historic resources that can be preserved <br />through these cultural districts. <br /> There are some concerns from the African American community with the mermaids. Within <br />Eddie Durham park, statue was moved. “Community would like to see symbols that <br />represent the culture of that community.” <br /> “Having the City host trainings and things like that to show that everyone has a seat at the <br />table to gain access to these funds.” <br /> “Need a unified policy for public art display in public facilities.” Also, clear agreements as to <br />who curates public art in public buildings. <br />KEEN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH — SAN MARCOS ARTS MASTER PLAN 2022 APPENDIX E,PAGE 19 <br /> <br />