MCC Adams Grant Task Force

Economic Development Council

Meeting: May 31, 2006, 11:30 am

Judge Welsh Room

 

Present:  Acting Assistant Town Manager/Grant Administrator Michelle Jarusiewicz, Bill Dougal/EDC, Steve Melamed/EDC, Alix Ritchie/EDC, Thanassi Kuliopulos/EDC, Ellen Burbank/PMPM, Candice Collins-Boden/Chamber, Hersh Schwartz/VSB, Administrative Director of Tourism Bill Schneider, Judy Cicero/Chamber, Paul De Ruyter, Cherie Mittenthal/Castle Hill & Cultural Council, Chris McCarthy/PAAM, Town Manager Keith Bergman

 

Counting on Culture Workshop

On May 24th, Acting Assistant Town Manager Michelle Jarusiewicz attended the Counting on Culture workshop and training session at Mass MoCA in North Adams sponsored by the New England Foundation for the Arts [NEFA]. Counting on Culture is a partnership between NEFA, Cultural Logic, Inc and the Center for Creative Community Development (C3D) to build new interactive online tools into the New England Cultural Database. The Town of Provincetown was a test and data gathering site [one of 11] vital to building these online tools. Handouts were distributed and an overview of the upcoming website was given.

 

The Counting on Culture tool:

·        Measures the economic impact of the cultural organizations in our area

·        Estimates the potential economic impact of the establishment of a new cultural organization or a change in spending of an existing organization

 

This new database is still under development and will have a hard launch in September 2006. It builds on, and will eventually be merged into, the existing New England Cultural Database at www.newenglandarts.org , which is a searchable data warehouse that holds over 19,000 records containing financial, demographic, geographic, and other related information about businesses, cultural organizations and individual artists in New England.

 

One-Day Museum Pass

Administrative Director of Tourism Bill Schneider announced that a one-day museum pass has been developed incorporating PMPM, PAAM, and the Whydah as a promotional piece through the tour busses, Cape Air, and others. Cost will be $12 which will allow one person access to all 3 museums, a savings of $10 and provides a free shuttle ride to the Monument.

 

Cultural Coordinator

Re-advertised in the help wanted section, due date was May 18th. Sub-committee was set up [Bill Schneider, Judy Cicero, Hersh Schwartz, and Michelle Jarusiewicz] to review applications, conduct interviews, and return with recommendations.

 

Streetscape

Also re-advertised with due date of May 18th. Two proposals are in hand. A sub-committee was formed to review and conduct interviews as appropriate; members include Candy Collins-Boden, Bill Dougal, Alix Ritchie, Paul de Ruyter, and Michelle Jarusiewicz.

 

Meeting Schedule

Reminder about DMO sub-committee meeting on Thursday, 6/1/06 at 11:00 am.

 

Next MCC task force meeting scheduled for 6/14/06 at 9:30 am to 10:00 am for update on Coordinator and Streetscape.

 

Previously scheduled MCC task force meetings scheduled on the following Wednesdays at 11:30 am: 6/28; 7/26; 8/23; 9/27; 10/25, and 11/29. 

 

 

Adjourned 12:45 pm

 

 

MCC Adams grant activities funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council Adams grant.