Community Economic Development
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Developing and Revitalizing Rural Communities Through Arts and Culture |
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An International English-Language Literature Review and Inventory of Resources
(May 21, 2009) Vancouver – The Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities at Simon Fraser University and the Creative City Network of Canada are pleased to announce the release of a new project on cultural development in rural communities.
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It was the summer of 2004 and Bill Usher remembers the moment very well. “I was having a chat with a couple of our community leaders and I asked out loud, ‘What does the arts council need to do to get respect and support from local government and the community?’
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Growing Community Partnerships: One Arts Council's Arts & Culture Week Story |
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In 2006 Princeton Community Arts Council got an infusion of new energy and community support that has reinvigorated the arts in this small town and seen the Arts Council’s group members double. Last year the Arts Council hosted the opening celebrations for the community’s new Wellness Centre, a unique facility in a school closed two years earlier by the school district.
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By Susan Hull,
[former] Arts and Culture Program Coordinator, Parks and Recreation, Port Coquitlam
The Leigh Square Community Arts Village in Port Coquitlam, BC is the municipality’s first arts facility and provides an example of what can happen when vision, design and community spirit converge.
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Arts & Culture Resources 
