![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, actors in the arts and culture fields of practice are influencing and enriching people and places in various ways. By conducting research, data analysis, public engagement, visioning, and program and policy development, planners are developing and implementing policies and plans that guide the development of vibrant and healthy places and communities. ![]() Urban planners influence and shape the social, physical, and environmental conditions of places through planning and community development. We are committed to growing the Toolkit as a statewide resource for planners. Moving forward, MAPC is seeking to partner with other regional planning agencies in the state to enable us to maximize our resources in order to continue developing the Toolkit’s content through the inclusion of additional strategies and case studies. With the support of two key advisors on the Working Group – Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development – we have released the Toolkit as a resource for not just MAPC region, but for the Commonwealth. MAPC’s budget for producing this Toolkit was lean, and we are working to secure additional resources so we can boost the website’s design and add additional case studies and sections of content. The categories of content, the selection of individuals to interview for case studies, and the design of the website itself – with content searchable by major section headers or by specific topics, e.g., tactical urbanism and creative placemaking – was the direct result of feedback provided to MAPC by practicing city and town planners. The Toolkit framework and the website’s design was developed through a series of working sessions with the Arts and Planning Working Group planners and advisors. The establishment of the Working Group has also created a unique opportunity to facilitate regional collaboration among some of the most populous municipalities in the MAPC region, which possess a wealth of the Commonwealth's creative assets and talent. The Working Group and advisors met with MAPC six times over the course of the year to guide the Toolkit’s development. The Working Group consists of planners and other designated municipal staff from the twelve municipalities in addition to three state and regional advisors representing the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Regional Arts Agency (RAO) serving the New England region, the New England Foundation for the Arts. A cohort of 12 municipalities from the Inner Core subregion of MAPC partnered to submit a project concept, which was funded in June 2015. In the spring of 2015, MAPC formed an Inner Core Arts and Planning Working Group to advise the agency on the development of the Toolkit as a comprehensive framework consisting of proven strategies for engaging arts, culture, and the creative community in the advancement of planning and community development objectives. The Toolkit builds on a collaborative regional process involving a dozen municipalities as well as representatives from three regional and state organizations. ![]()
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