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Partners Undertaking Local Solutions for Expression (PULSE)
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PULSE is the partnership created to develop and organize the Heartbeat Creative District. Without a pulse there would be no heartbeat. This partnership consists of members from the Business Improvement District (BID), City of Hastings-Development Services Department, Chamber of Commerce, Hastings College, Central Community College, Hastings Community Foundation, and various artists, business owners and residents.
Thank you to our team for being the PULSE of the Heartbeat Creative District!
Megan Arrington-Williams
Prairie Loft Executive Director
Hastings Arts Council Secretary/Treasurer
Former Business Improvement District Director
Ember Batelaan
City of Hastings- City Planner
Erin Beave - Hastings High School
- Former Hastings Arts Council President
Claire Bostelman - Hastings College
Jeb Brandt - Brandt Insurance
- Business Improvement District (BID) Board Member
Heiden Brei
Hastings Community Foundation Relationship Specialist
Jessica Brock
- Hastings Community Theatre
- Hastings Arts Council Board Member
Valerie Brock
- Artist
Nichole Bryant
Bryant Books & Music Store Owner
Hastings Symphony Orchestra Board Member
Chad Bunger
City of Hastings- Development Services Department Director
Shay Burk
- Bockstadter & Glenn Law Firm
Brian Corr
- Hastings College
Courtney Davis- Frahm Bar Owner
Jason Davis
- Central Community College Associate Dean
Roy DeMars- BID Board Member
Jerome Dubas - Hastings College
- Artist
Brett Epperson
Hastings College- Choral Activities Director
First Presbyterian Church Choir Director
Lucinda Glenn
Bockstadter & Glenn Law Firm Owner
Hastings Community Theatre
Nikki Griffit
- Resident
Tony Harman- Eileen's Cookies
- BID Board Member
Tony Herrman - City of Hastings - Public Information Manager
Jessi Hoeft
- First Street Brewing Company
- BID Board Member
Rick Houchin
Artist - photography
Madison Jagels
- Former Hastings Economic Development Corporation (HEDC)
Sally Jurgensmier- Artist
Elizabeth Kavan - Central Community College - Media Arts Instructor
Mikaela Krueger - Optika
- BID Board Member
Shannon Landauer - Hastings Economic Development Corporation (HEDC)
David Lovekin
Artist - photography
Jane Marie- Artist
Anthony May
Steeple Brewing Company Owner
Ideabank Art Director
Andrew McCarty
- Trapped Downtown
Brandie McCoy - Imperial Jewelers
- BID Board Member
Turner McGehee - Hastings College
- Artist
Bob Murphy - Murphy's Wagon Wheel
- BID Board President
Zayra Navarette
- United Way of South Central Nebraska- Bilingual Central Navigator
Carstin Olson
- Hastings College Student
- Former Business Improvement District Intern
Marilyn Reynolds
Former Gallery on Lincoln Avenue (GOLA)
Central Community College Printing Technician
Dave Rippe- Queen City Development
- THOAR
Don RobersonArtist
Alex Shaw- Hastings Arts Council (HAC) President
- Artist
Sara Tall
- Former Business Improvement District Director
Hastings Symphony Orchestra Executive Director
Hastings Arts Council Board Member
Lily Teeple
- Business Improvement District Director
- Hastings College student
- Former City of Hastings Planning Intern
Jami Tomlin
Chamber of Commerce Communications Director
Mickayla VanNatter
The Lark Hastings Executive Director
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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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