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A Call to Action: Make Room for Arts & Entertainment in Urban Planning

Art venues and artist’s housing is disappearing around the city, especially on Capitol Hill.  Come and make your concerns known to your city representatives and hear ideas about how we can help stem the tide of arts and artists from our city core.

* WHEN: April 2, City Hall (600 4th Avenue)

* WHERE: Bertha Knight Landes Room, 5p-6:30p

On April 2nd, leaders from business, culture, arts, entertainment, real estate development, public policy and residents of Capitol Hill will converge on City Hall to collaboratively envision a City that maintains, nurtures, and creates arts and entertainment facilities as the backbone to neighborhood livability and economic sustainability.

Sponsor: Councilmember Nick Licata

Organizers: 4Culture, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Capitol Hill Arts Center

Co-Sponsors: Councilmembers Clark, Rasmussen, Harrell, Godden

City Partners: Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development

Supporters:

4Culture, Annex Theatre, Barrientos LLC, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Capitol Hill Community Council, Century Ballroom, the Dubois Apartments, Emerging Arts Leaders King County, Grove Land Productions, Heartland LLC, Image Productions, Mithun, Northwest Film Forum, the Pork Filled Players, Save Odd Fellows Hall Coalition, Seattle Theatre Group, Rainier Valley Cultural Center (SEED Arts), Shunpike, Sustainable Capitol Hill, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (Delridge Neighborhood Development Association).

Speakers:

Jim Reinhardsen, Heartland LLC
Angela Luechtefeld, Freehold Theatre Lab
Josh LaBelle, Seattle Theatre Group, Paramount , Moore
Maria Barrientos, Barrientos LLC, Cap Hill Developer
Ann Donovan, Save Oddfellows Hall Coalition, CH Arts Council, former Velocity BOD member
Evan Johnson, Image Productions, Film Production Company
Jim Kelly, Director, 4Culture, King County ’s Cultural Development Authority

INTERMISSION: Youth Speaks Poet

Michael Seiwerath, Northwest Film Forum
Laura Curry, Mithun, Cultural Research Specialist, Artist
Liz Dunn, Dunn & Hobbes, Capitol Hill Developer
Hallie Kuperman, Century Ballroom
Lesley Bain, AIA Urban Design Committee
Richard Muhlebach, Kennedy Wilson, Cap Hill Developer
Randy Engstrom, Youngstown Arts Center/DNDA and Seattle Arts Commission
Matthew Kwatinetz, Capitol Hill Arts Center , Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Sponsor