Enhance
Economic Impact
Support arts related ideas, projects and infrastructure enhancements
that promote positive, measurable economic growth
Action 1:
Create a foundation
of reliable economic
data to use as an
evaluation tool for
new art projects and
investments
Recommendation A
Timeframe: Near-term
Our Vision
Nashua Is a creative city where the
arts energize life and enhance
experiences for residents and visitors
alike with ongoing Citywide supp ort.
Top Goals
Enhance Economic
Impact
Support arts related ideas,
projects and intrastructure
enhancements that prornote
positive, rneasurable econorr ic
growtn
Support Arts
Education
Cultivate artistic endeavors
through the development of arts
enrichment programs that foster
arts education for all ages
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Vibrancy at Work
Nashua is HOME to...
¢ More public art that any other city in New Hampshire
¢ The only City with an International Sculpture Symposium in the United
States
* NH's only professional symphony orchestra and premier youth theater
company
¢ Art Walk, Southern New tiampshire’s largest arts festival
* The Winter Holiday Stroll, bringing 30,000 peoole to downtown Nashua
each year
Plan Background
Where Weve
Come From
As part of its mission, the Arts
Commission produced an initial
five-year Arts and Culture Plan that
was accepted by the Board of
Aldermen in November, 2014. This is
an update of that plan designed to
provide a framework for dev2loping
annual priorities, securing human
resources ana funding, and
developing annual work plans. Due
to an interruption in the riormat
cycle, this version is intended ta
caver 2022 through 2027.
Introduction
The Nashua Arts Commission, formed
by City Ordinance 0-10-36 in
November 2010, is a volunteer
commission of the City of Nashua
appointed by the Mayor. Its mission is
to serve the community as Nashua’s
resource to facilitate, advocate,
coordinate and educate on behalf of
the art and cultural assets of the City
of Nashua.
Nashua Arts & Culture P
2022-2027
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Introduction Plan Background Current Status
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Vision & Top Enhance Cultivate
Goals Economic Impact Collaboration
Support Arts Increase Appendix
Education Awareness
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PREPARED BY THE
NASHUA ARTS COMMISSION
Nashua Arts &
Culture Plan
L£COC-CTOZ
LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022
RESOLUTION: R-22-003
PURPOSE: Relative to the acceptance of up to $150,000 from the National
Endowment for the Arts, American Rescue Plan (“ARP”)
funds into Economic Development grant activity “Grants to
Local Arts Agencies”
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess
COMMITTEE Human Affairs Committee
ASSIGNMENT:
FISCAL NOTE: Fiscal impact is an up to $150,000 grant to be used for a specific
purpose.
ANALYSIS
R-22-003
RESOLUTION
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF UP TO $150,000 FROM THE NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (“ARP”) FUNDS INTO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT ACTIVITY “GRANTS TO LOCAL ARTS
AGENCIES”
CITY OF NASHUA
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two
NASHUA ARTS COMMISSION
LIAISON REPORT
February 8, 2002
To the Board of Alderman - On February 8" the Nashua Arts Commission met to discuss the
following:
