Supporting our... civic amenities
Our Goals
"We will collaborate with citizens and community leaders to identify a unified funding strategy to support civic amenities spanning entertainment, the arts, sports, science, recreation and cultural attractions. These amenities enhance quality of life, create vibrant communities, utilize existing infrastructure and assets and build the international reputation of the Sacramento Region."
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Our Rationale
Quality of life is more and more essential to a region's business climate. By some estimates, two-thirds of college-educated adults aged 25-34 decide first where to live, then where to work. This is the backbone of the so-called "creative class."
Civic amenities – arts centers, sports and entertainment venues, parks, museums and the like – are proven to effectively enhance both quality of life and regional economies. For example, the seven-county Denver region sees $1.4 billion a year in economic activity from culture. It saw $387 million in new economic activity – a 10-to-1 return – after a recent $38.3 million investment in a "Scientific and Cultural Facilities District."
Regional leaders suggest our civic amenities should accurately reflect Sacramento's role as California’s economic and government center – and our shift towards a more cosmopolitan identity.
Our Civic Amenities initiative aims to:
- Inventory our region's existing civic amenities through an inclusive, from-the-ground-up survey of residents and stakeholder groups across the region;
- Develop a proactive, realistic "wishlist" for our region's next generation of amenities that avoids preconceived notions about what amenities are most important to our residents; and
- Explore creation of a unified funding strategy that will help move this new, grassroots "menu" of amenities closer to reality.
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Latest News & Action
The Partnership for Prosperity's Civic Amenities Team includes project partners, elected officials and other community leaders who meet regularly to identify and act on tactics to enhance our region's "civic amenities."
Here's some of the latest news from the PFP team and the region:
April 2008:
PFP Experiences exhibit: What do you want your region to look like?
Experiences is a free, 380 sq ft, interactive traveling exhibit designed to raise awareness of the region’s amenities and to obtain community input on how people would prioritize future investment as it pertains to civic amenities...
More info: http://www.pfpexperiences.com/
July 2007:
Crocker Art Museum breaks ground on 125,000-square-foot expansion
The city-owned Crocker breaks ground on an $85 million expansion that will more than triple its size...
July 2007:
Discovery Museum lands Smithsonian affiliation
The Discovery Museum of Sacramento is the first institution in Northern California to be inducted into the Smithsonian Institution. It was awarded Smithsonian affiliate status this weekend...
June 2007:
Stages in development
Theater projects from Natomas to midtown promise relief for the space-hungry performing arts community...
January 2007:
Grant will help boost civic amenities effort (PDF)
A $20,000 grant from the Urban Land Institute will help support the Partnership for Prosperity's Civic Amenities program. Read more in ULI's Land Link newsletter...
December 2006:
National architects group awards funding
A $10,000 American Institute of Architects “Blueprint for America” grant will help support PFP Civic Amenities Team research on how we can increase civic amenities serving El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties...
October 2006:
Economic activity study links culture and economic vitality (PDF)
Culture in metro Denver generates as much as $1.4 billion a year in economic activity, according to an analysis of attendance, outreach, operating and capital spending, audience spending, employment, and tax contributions from 300 nonprofits funded through a Scientific & Cultural Facilities District tax...
June 2006:
College-Educated, Young Adults Consider “Place” First
Two-thirds of highly mobile 25- to 34-year-olds with college degrees say that they will decide where they live first, then look for a job, according to a survey commissioned by the nonprofit CEOs for Cities...
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Contact
Partnership for Prosperity action teams meet regularly for detailed strategic planning sessions. Each team includes 12-25 project partners, elected officials and other community leaders who volunteer to link their
organizations' work to the Partnership for Prosperity's regional business plan.
For more information, contact Chris Aguirre at (916) 325-1630 or write partnership@valleyvision.org.
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