UPDATE
March 26, 2004

The Community Cultural Planning Task Forces met for the second time Wednesday, March 17, 4:00 – 6:00 PM at the Flint Public Library. Again, more than 70 people attended this meeting.

After a Welcome and recap to the whole group, Consultant Morrie Warshawski reviewed the agenda for the day, which included each Task Force introducing new members of their group and revisiting the “Vision Statements” from last time. Morrie explained the goal for this meeting is to answer three questions:

1. What are the major current issues we must be aware of to move the vision of this Task Force forward?
2. What are the opportunities and resources we can harness to help create our vision?
3. What are the obstacles that we face as we move forward?

After an hour and a half, the whole group re-convened and each Task Force reported out. As before, they were instructed to synthesize their notes and email them to Sue Wood within two days. These notes are now posted on this website, as are updated Task Force rosters and and several links to websites and articles of interest to the groups.

The next (and last) Task Force meeting is Wednesday, April 7, 4:00 – 6:00 PM at the Flint Public Library. Task Force members should review the notes from the previous meeting prior to attending.

The six Task Forces again are:

1. Neighborhoods: Robin Maynard, Chair; Cindy Ornstein, Assistant
2. Underserved Audiences: Artina Sadler and Tracy Atkinson, Co-Chairs; Gloria Coles, Assistant
3. Communication: Deborah Kohler, Chair; Tim Shickles, Assistant
4. Downtown: Michael Kelly and Gary Hurand, CoChairs; Greg Fiedler, Assistant
5. Youth and the Arts: Jan Hartranft, Chair; Jack LeSage, Assistant
6. Local Artists and Arts Organizations: Paul Torre, Chair; Bruce Bradley, Assistan

Sue Wood, Project Director
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(810) 287-4595

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