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Home My WebLink About2016 - Cultural Resources Board - Annual ReportCultural Resources Board 417 W. Magnolia St Fort Collins, CO 80521 970.221-6735 970.221-6373 – fax CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD ANNUAL REPORT - 2016 BACKGROUND The Cultural Resources Board (CRB) consists of seven members. Regular meetings were held on the last Thursday of February, March, May, July, August, September, October, November and December from 12:00 p.m., to 1:30 p.m. The Board held three Fort Fund funding sessions on the fourth Wednesday of January, April, and June. The Board receives monthly updates from Cultural Services staff and acts in an advisory capacity to City Council for the Cultural Services Department that includes the Lincoln Center, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, the Gardens on Spring Creek and the Community Creative Center. The Board reviews and advises staff on the following: the Cultural Services and City biannual Budgeting for Outcomes process, Cultural Services facilities improvements, arts and cultural projects and other issues as they arise. The Board continues to interact with the community to better understand cultural issues. Members who served in 2016 were Ms. Tedi Cox, Mr. Gregg Adams, Ms. Jane Folsom, Ms. Janet Gilligan, Mr. Jesse Solomon, Mr. Steven Sorensen, and Mr. Will Flowers. Mr. Sorensen served as Chairperson. Mr. Flowers served as Vice- Chairperson. Council liaison: Wade Troxell Staff Liaisons in 2016 were Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager; Jill Stilwell, Director of Cultural Services; Cheryl Donaldson, Director of Fort Collins Museum of Discovery; Jack Rogers, Performing Arts Center Manager; Michelle Provaznik, Manager of Gardens on Spring Creek; and Megan Kelley, Administrative Clerk II. The liaison from Visit Fort Collins was Katy Schneider. YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS - 2016 The Cultural Resources Board’s (CRB) overarching goal is “To serve as a catalyst in making Fort Collins a cultural center and destination.” To achieve this goal the CRB worked in three major areas: 1. Serve as a catalyst for the development of Fort Collins as a cultural center and destination by working with City Council, staff and cultural groups. • CRB members served as liaisons to several groups to gain a broader understanding of the cultural activities in Fort Collins. The CRB was represented with the following groups: - Convention/Visitors Bureau – Katy Schneider - Art in Public Places – Will Flowers - DBA – Gregg Adams • CRB created a marketing sub-committee to discuss increasing the awareness of the Fort Fund grant. • CRB attended the Super Issue meeting for the Boards and Commissions of the City of Fort Collins. 2. Enhance regional awareness of Fort Collins’ arts and cultural events and activities. • CRB continued to support the Visit Fort Collin’s on-line events calendar and continued to required Fort Fund grantees to list their events on the calendar. The website calendar is located at www.visitftcollins.com/events . • CRB encouraged Fort Fund applicants to broaden their promotional reach, specifically by adding questions to the application process that inquire about marketing plans. • CRB members served as liaisons to events funded by Fort Fund, attending approximately 61 different cultural events in the community, lending support and assuring that the Fort Fund monies were being well spent. 3. Leverage available resources to the Board in forwarding the overarching goal. • The Board administered three funding sessions for Fort Fund and recommended grants for distribution as follows: January 2016 Session $53,000 to 17 applicants Tier 2 April 2016 Session $200,850 to 19 applicants, Tier 1 $116,500 to 6 applicants, Tier 3 June 2016 Session $65,840 to 19 applicants, Tier 2 Total $436,190 to 61 different organizations (listed below) • Fort Fund grants provided support to more than one hundred community cultural and recreational events in 2016. • The Board recommended six Tier 3: Cultural Innovation grants. These grants went to the Colorado State University: CSU Human Rights Film Festival; Fort Collins Museum of Art: Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nikolas Muray Exhibition; DBA: First Night; Off the Hook Arts: Off the Hook SummerFest; and International Keyboard Odyssiad Festival, U.S.A.: 2016 International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival. • The Board continued to work cooperatively with Visit Fort Collins in making recommendations for Fort Fund dollars that encourage tourism. 4. Provide networking opportunities for the exchange of ideas and resources. • The Board continued to distribute information about learning and granting opportunities to past grantees and the cultural community. • The CRB continued to serve as liaisons to appropriate groups in meeting the CRB’s overarching goal. • CRB board members attended events funded with Fort Fund grants. 2016 Fort Fund Recipients BAS BLEU THEATRE COMPANY CANYON CONCERT BALLET CENTER FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY CINCO DE MAYO OF NORTHERN COLORADO CITY OF FORT COLLINS RECREATION DEPARTMENT CLASSICAL REVOLUTION COLORADO BACH ENSEMBLE CSU DANCE EXPRESS DEBUT THEATRE COMPANY DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES DOWNTOWN BUSSINES ASSOCIATION ELDERHAUS ADULT DAY PROGRAM, INC. FOOTHILLS POPS BAND CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST FEEDING OUR COMMUNITY OURSELVES FORT COLLINS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY FORT COLLINS CHILDREN'S THEATRE FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF ART FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FORT COLLINS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION FORT COLLINS SYMPHONY GUILD FORT COLLINS WIND SYMPHONY FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK FRONT RANGE CHAMBER PLAYERS GELLER CENTER GLOBAL VILLAGE MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURES HIGH PERFORMANCE DANCE THEATRE IMPACT DANCE COMPANY INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD ODYSSIAD & FESTIVAL, INC. JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT COLLINS LARIMER CHORALE LARIMER COUNTY ADVOCACY CENTER LAUNCH: COMMUNITY THROUGH SKATEBOARDING LINCOLN CENTER SUPPORT LEAGUE NEW HORIZONS BAND OF NORTHERN COLORADO NOCO ARTISTS, INC. NORTHERN COLO. INTERTRIBAL POWWOW ASSOC. (NCIPA) OPENSTAGE THEATRE & COMPANY OPERA FORT COLLINS OPERA FORT COLLINS GUILD POUDRE LANDMARKS FOUNDATION POUDRE RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT PROJECT YOUTH AND CHAMBER MUSIC dba Off the Hook Arts ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM SAVE THE POUDRE: POUDRE WATERKEEPER SUSTAINABLE LIVING ASSOCIATION