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Cultural Asset Mapping in Niagara
Presentation for the Ontario Rural Council
Municipal Cultural Planning Forum, November 2008
Welland Canal Lock 3 and the St. Catharines Museum, Niagara
The Heavy Eight, Rennie Park, Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines
Regional Culture Committee
Goals/Purpose:• To advise the Regional Municipality of Niagara
regarding ways to enhance arts, culture and heritage in the fulfillment of its responsibility to its citizens.
• To act as advocates on behalf of the arts, heritage and cultural sectors.
• To develop a Cultural Policy and Strategy that is endorsed by Regional Council.
Niagara’s CAM Process
• Establish Working Group and resource base• Define culture• Discuss purpose of CAM and long term
sustainability• Establish asset categories• Develop strategies for gathering information• Gather information• Correct and update information• Enter into GIS database system• Present findings and analyse
Who’s Doing the Work?
War of 1812 Re-enactment in Fort Erie, Niagara
• Establish Working Group and Network
• Ensure a variety of • sector reps, ie, music,
theatre, visual arts, museums, libraries, heritage committees, educational institutions, cultural industries
• Staff support?• Review geographical mix
and coverage
Define Culture• Arts – performing,
written, visual and media arts
• Cultural industries – the for profit sector
• Heritage resources – buildings, collections, sites, stories and traditions
Artwork by Carolyn Wren, photo by Sandy Fairbairn
Primary Categories
• Cultural Facilities
• Organizations
• Festivals and Events
• Sites
• Moveable Heritage
• Cultural Human Resources
Port Dalhousie Inner Range Lighthouse
Why CAM?
• Purpose: to better understand our community, articulate the extent of the sector and change perceptions towards culture.
• Strategy for First Phase: Undertake a broad mapping, with limited information (not a survey).
• Longterm Strategies will include: collating information with culture-friendly sectors and industries, ie. wine industry, culinary attractions, educational opportunities etc.
Strategies for Information Gathering
• Who gathers what?
• Where can you find some of this pre-existing information? – Niagara Premier Ranked Destination project
database– Chamber of Commerce business directories– Other municipal databases– Information Niagara database
Collating Data
• One point person for data entry ideal
or . . .
• On-line excel-based system for multiple contributors– Avoid duplication– List alphabetically– Drop-down lists for categories– Drop-down lists for fields, ie. Street, City etc.
Format – More important than you think!
Street
St.
St
Str.
ON
On
Ont.
Ontario
PO Box 30, RR #1
P.O. Box 30 R.R.#1
RR#1, P.O. Box 30
R.R. #1
PO Box 30
The Results?
Presentation to Regional Council in November 2007
Cultural Assets by Type(Total 3628)
Cultural Facilities
Cultural Organizations and Education Providers
Cultural Festivals and Events
Cultural Businesses and Industries
Cultural Sites
Artists
Uses of Asset Inventory
• Research and Development• Growth Management • Economic impact• On-line database• Marketplace Gap Analysis• Cultural Districts and Neighbourhood
Identity• Measure impact on crime reduction
Niagara’s Heritage Assets
Heritage Districts 4, with plans for 5 more
Designated Heritage Buildings in 7 municipalities
1,064 buildings
Artists By Region In Ontario
• 2006 study by Hill Strategists Research• 1,490 artists in Niagara, including:
– actors;– artisans and craftspersons;– conductors, composers and arrangers;– dancers;– musicians and singers;– other performers;– painters, sculptors and other visual artists;– producers, directors, choreographers, and related
occupations; and– writers.
Tara Rosling in the Shaw Festival production of Saint Joan, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Photo by David
Cooper.
Thank you
Rebecca Cann, Cultural Planning SupervisorCity of St. Catharines905-688-5601 ext [email protected]