The updated General Plan should embrace the arts as a defining community resource and a key componenet of any economic development strategy.

The city should impanel an Arts Working Group as part of the General Plan Update to develop arts policy and program recommendations for the General Plan.

Santa Cruz's 2008 Arts Master Plan provides an exceptional model of how to integrate the arts into formal city planning. (Link below) The plan provides a comprehensive vision for embracing and fostering the arts as a community resource and economic driver.