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Hastings to Pursue Creative District Designation
Share Hastings to Pursue Creative District Designation on Facebook Share Hastings to Pursue Creative District Designation on Twitter Share Hastings to Pursue Creative District Designation on Linkedin Email Hastings to Pursue Creative District Designation linkHastings could be the latest Nebraska community to establish a creative district through the Nebraska Arts Council.
Members of the Hastings City Council voted 8-0 at their regular meeting Monday to approve submitting a letter of support to the Nebraska Arts Council on behalf of the Business Improvement District for the Creative District Development grant application.
“I have found myself lucky enough to be presented with this opportunity,” BID Director Megan Arrington-Williams told the council. “It was the first thing that landed on my desk when I arrived in this position in October. We’ve been working on it ever since to slowly chip away.”
According to the Nebraska Arts Council website, creative districts are designated cultural and economic areas where innovation flourishes and neighborhoods come together in the name of art.
Creative districts provide significant economic impact by creating purposeful spaces like art galleries, theaters and music venues, attracting employees and businesses. These are all assets and attributes that Nebraska — and every state — can harness as it seeks to reinvigorate its economy.
In 2020, the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill to create the Creative Districts program. The legislation tasked the Nebraska Arts Council to create this program.
The program works to promote and support economic development and placemaking opportunities in communities dedicated to growing arts-related economic sectors.
Creative districts are selected through an open application process. Selected districts for the first Nebraska Creative Districts cohort will receive a host of benefits and will participate in a developmental evaluation process to refine the program for the future.
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