Creative Communities
Program funding for cultural planning
Between 2005 and 2010, Creative Communities provided funding support to municipalities and other local governing bodies to undertake projects aimed at community cultural development.
Creating vibrant BC communities
Cultural planning can play a key role in community development by using the creative sector as a means to achieve social and economic objectives.
Creative Communities supported community projects related to long-term cultural development by providing funding support to municipalities and other local governing bodies. Since 2005, the Province of British Columbia and 2010 Legacies Now have invested $518,000 in 56 projects in 42 BC communities.
Read about the most recent funding recipients for Creative Communities.
Creative Communities has provided funding in three categories:
Cultural Mapping
A cultural map is an inventory and analysis of a community's cultural resources and assets. This category helps communities take stock of the existing cultural environment: their strengths, challenges, aspirations and gaps. A cultural map community project achieves the following:
- Establishes the groundwork for a cultural plan and cultural tourism strategy
- Encourages a consultation process to promote community engagement
- Helps community leaders gain an understanding of the community's interests and concerns
Download the Cultural Mapping Toolkit resource guide [English] [French]
Cultural Planning
Cultural planning is a process of community engagement through consultations and decision making that helps local government use information about cultural resources to develop, improve and support community programs and services.
This category supports municipal councils and other local governing bodies, staff and community partners in their efforts to develop and implement their cultural objectives.
Download the Cultural Planning Toolkit resource guide [English] [French]
Cultural Tourism Strategy
A Cultural Tourism Strategy supports local governing bodies, bands or tribal councils in developing a Cultural Tourism Strategy as an enhancement to an existing Cultural Plan. A comprehensive Cultural Tourism Strategy would expand the relationship between the tourism and arts and culture sectors while also building capacity and bridging understanding between both sectors.
Final Reports
Recipients of Creative Communities funding who have completed their projects will need to file a Final Report to receive their final payment.
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Creative Communities is supported by the Province of BC.
2010 Legacies Now thanks the Province of BC and numerous other
partners, sponsors and organizations for their invaluable support.
