- Begin to build community involvement through forums and interviews identify and inventory North Hastings' cultural assets
- Identify our current cultural sector strength's and weaknesses
- Formulate recommendations that would lead to sustainable growth and strength within the cultural sector
- Maintain the North Hastings Cultural Inventory
- Secure funding for Cultural Liaison / Cultural Planning Project Leader
- Formalize the Cultural Planning Coalition as an ongoing working group
- Establish Municipal Heritage Committees in North Hastings
- Promote and market North Hastings Culture
- Support the ongoing work and health of the established North Hastings Cultural Sector
Municipal Cultural Planning
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What is it? How's it work? • It is community driven and involves the participation of elected officials, municipal staff, the cultural community, and business and community leaders. • It applies a cultural framework to all planning and decision making and integrates culture into the various aspects of municipal planning such as official plans in order to help guide policies during times of economic growth and community development. • It results in a greater level of sustainability within the cultural community as it is founded upon the initiative, collaboration, and passion of the people who live there and call that place home. MCP in North Hastings North Hastings has a unique and rich history. It's people and places have unique stories to tell. Under the guidance of the Mainstreet Management Committee, Downtown Revitalization began looking for ways to ensure that North Hastings culture be preserved, strengthened and enhanced in order to see it realize its full potential. The first phase of the Municipal Cultural Planning process began in the fall of 2009 and was funded by the Hastings County Economic Development Program. It was called the North Hastings Municipal Cultural Planning Project. The primary goals of this initial phase were to: This first phase was completed in the spring of 2010 and culminated with a comprehensive report detailing the phase one process and containing the cultural inventory and a listing of primary and secondary recommendations that would help point the way forward in the next phase of the project. The six primary recommendations are listed below: With phase one complete and with report in hand, funding was secured for a 10 month, part-time position to continue to drive the process forward - a partial fulfillment of recommendation #2! This phase was called the North Hastings Creative Communities Project. The focus of this project was to follow through on the recommendations contained in the phase one report to see that they be acted upon and implemented. Funding for this project was provided by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Community Futures, the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, the Town of Bancroft and Wollaston Township. Of all the recommendations contained in the report, perhaps the most important involves the formalization of the North Hastings Cultural Coalition. This working group represents the connecting point where cultural workers, local business leaders and municipal representatives will sit down regularly and find ways to collaborate on projects and find win-win solutions - united for the cause of culture! Click HERE to learn more about the North Hastings Cultural Coalition. |
Click HERE to learn more about the North Hastings Cultural Coalition
Click HERE to read / download the phase one North Hastings Municipal Cultural Planning Project report (pdf) containing the recommendations and cultural inventory.
MCP Resources MCP Forum Press Release (pdf)
MCP Links www.ontariomcp.ca
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