Advance Community Objectives of the Cultural and/or Economic Elements. Clearly describe how the proposed project or activities will contribute to advancing one or more of the community objectives, goals and visions of the Comprehensive Plan’s Cultural Element and/or Economic Element. Be sure to explain which objective or objectives will be addressed. Policy EC 12.1 Encourage and support the creative and economic contribution of the arts by implementing the goals and policies of the Cultural Element.
2.1. Promote Bainbridge Island’s “Sense of Place” by supporting an ongoing public dialogue about preservation, sustainability, hospitality and the influence of the arts, history and culture. Policy EC 12.2 Promote the arts community within the region as an economic asset of the Island. Policy CUL 2.3. Cultivate partnerships among the arts and humanities, economic development and tourism sectors.
Advance Community Objectives of the Cultural and/or Economic Elements. This project contributes to advancing the community objectives of the Comprehensive Plan’s Cultural Element and Economic Element. This project addresses the needs of Bainbridge Island's most vulnerable subculture and creates access to art and cultural activities for this underserved, marginalized community, and it promotes underrepresented art forms. Bainbridge Island has a rich history and heritage in supporting and advocating for people with disabilities. This group of individuals constitutes a vibrant subculture, generally known as Disability Culture, within our greater culture; however, they are underrepresented in the arts and public life on the island. Bainbridge Island has an honorable history in our state’s Disability Rights movement thanks to Xxxxx Xxxxx, who is part of a long-time Crystal Springs family. Xxxxx Xxxxx served as WA State Secretary of State for five terms. Beginning in the 1960’s, he advocated for the discounted and invisible people shunned by society at the time, people with developmental and physical disabilities. He saw them not as people who needed pity, but as citizens whose rights were being neglected. He enlisted Gov. Xxx Xxxxx to spend a day in a wheelchair to support his movement for the state's first accessibility requirements. We owe him a debt of gratitude for his work to expand anti-discrimination protections for people with disabilities, and to raise awareness of the fundamental equality and worth of people will disabilities. Vitalize Kitsap continues Xxxxx’x legacy by empowering people with developmental and intellectual disabilities to claim their right to be active participants in our community and treated with dignity and respect. For too long, this subculture has been out of sight, out of mind. This project will support the wellbeing of Bainbridge’s great art and cultural sector by bringing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities out of the shadows and into our local cultural scene as equals, where they can engage the hearts and minds of their fellow island residents. Our project supports the economic vitality of this group, who generally have no earning power in our society. With the ability to sell their art online, they will be able to earn and spend locally, further empowering them to gain more independence and add value as meaningful contributors to the character of art and culture on the island.
Advance Community Objectives of the Cultural and/or Economic Elements. Clearly describe how the proposed project or activities will contribute to advancing one or more of the community objectives, goals and visions of the Comprehensive Plan’s Cultural Element and/or Economic Element. Be sure to explain which objective or objectives will be addressed. • Describe how the proposed project or activities will encourage the well-being of Bainbridge Island’s significant cultural sector. Arts & Humanities Bainbridge’s mission aligns directly with the 2016 Cultural Element’s vision statement that “the arts and humanities are an integral part of the community fabric.” This is woven into the DNA of our existence. Our work supports many of the goals and policies stated in the Cultural Element, and we exemplify them in our daily operations. Here are just a few examples of this alignment: Goal 1 CUL 1 “Support, protect and enhance the value of the arts and humanities as essential to education, quality of life, economic vitality, broadening of mind and as treasure in trust for our descendants” at its broadest interpretation defines the very goals for our cultural community platform, Currents, “Creativity connects us - experience it”. The following three policies, CUL 1.1, CUL 1.3 and CUL 1.4 further clarify the approach employed through AHB’s new site to continuously grow, share and deepen the cultural content that can be found there.
CUL 1.1 Support the coordination of marketing strategies with arts, business and tourism organizations to promote cultural events.
