Mancos Creative District |
Five Year Strategic Plan Survey
Please review the DRAFT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES and then take the survey below:
Goal #1: Leverage the Mancos Creative District to Create Economic Vitality and Promote Job Creation.
1) Develop Mancos into a destination that is known for arts, culture, fun and heritage.
2) Utilize branding and marketing strategies to spread the word about the great things happening in Mancos.
3) Create a desirable Creative District where people want to visit and engage on their way to and from Mesa Verde.
4) Work with partner agencies and investors to find creative ways to restore and reuse historic buildings (e.g. Mancos Common Press, Opera House, old hardware store)
Goal #2: Engage the Community and its Youth in Promoting Social Cohesiveness and Understanding through Cultural Activities
1) Develop ongoing partnerships with the local school district to engage youth and families.
2) Explore options for community-wide arts projects that involve all sectors and ages of the community.
Goal #3: Build a Stronger Collective Creative Community
1) Create a space or use an existing space to accommodate working artists’ gallery, a gallery, a museum, a theater, and meetings to further develop arts programming in more venues.
2) Support the Mancos School of the West to get off the ground and be successful.
3) Develop more ways for artists to sell and show their work (e.g. revolving public art displays, mini-grants, artists in residence, artist live/work space, etc.)
4) Create a community juried arts show
5) Create a public arts program.
Goal #4: Beautify the Mancos Community to Attract Visitors, Help Businesses and Improve the Community’s Image
1) Develop improved streetscapes downtown to make the downtown experience more attractive, unique and comfortable (e.g. wider sidewalks, trees, benches, flowers, public art, lighting)
2) Improve 160 Corridor (e.g. Gateway signage, landscaping, medians, public art)
3) Create opportunities for more public art (e.g. sculptures, additional murals, etc.)
Goal #5: Celebrate and Honor the Cultural Heritage of the Mancos Valley
1) Investigate options for a valley Historical Museum to serve as a repository of historical material and as a destination for area visitors.
2) Explore artistic and cultural links to Mesa Verde National Park (e.g. Mesa Verde 30’s poster mural on a building)
3) Celebrate our cultural heritage by communicating with the ranchers to possibly advertise their cattle drives, branding, team rodeos etc.
4) Involve more people in the arts through events, classes, etc. in partnership with the School, Library, Mesa Verde, Arts Council and many others.
Goal #6: Develop a Sustainable Creative District So that it Can Continue to Promote the Mancos Valley for years to come.
1) Leverage current grant funding and partner resources to bring in additional, long term funding for the Creative District.
2) Once the district is certified, move it to its own 501c3 with a part time paid coordinator.
1) Develop Mancos into a destination that is known for arts, culture, fun and heritage.
2) Utilize branding and marketing strategies to spread the word about the great things happening in Mancos.
3) Create a desirable Creative District where people want to visit and engage on their way to and from Mesa Verde.
4) Work with partner agencies and investors to find creative ways to restore and reuse historic buildings (e.g. Mancos Common Press, Opera House, old hardware store)
Goal #2: Engage the Community and its Youth in Promoting Social Cohesiveness and Understanding through Cultural Activities
1) Develop ongoing partnerships with the local school district to engage youth and families.
2) Explore options for community-wide arts projects that involve all sectors and ages of the community.
Goal #3: Build a Stronger Collective Creative Community
1) Create a space or use an existing space to accommodate working artists’ gallery, a gallery, a museum, a theater, and meetings to further develop arts programming in more venues.
2) Support the Mancos School of the West to get off the ground and be successful.
3) Develop more ways for artists to sell and show their work (e.g. revolving public art displays, mini-grants, artists in residence, artist live/work space, etc.)
4) Create a community juried arts show
5) Create a public arts program.
Goal #4: Beautify the Mancos Community to Attract Visitors, Help Businesses and Improve the Community’s Image
1) Develop improved streetscapes downtown to make the downtown experience more attractive, unique and comfortable (e.g. wider sidewalks, trees, benches, flowers, public art, lighting)
2) Improve 160 Corridor (e.g. Gateway signage, landscaping, medians, public art)
3) Create opportunities for more public art (e.g. sculptures, additional murals, etc.)
Goal #5: Celebrate and Honor the Cultural Heritage of the Mancos Valley
1) Investigate options for a valley Historical Museum to serve as a repository of historical material and as a destination for area visitors.
2) Explore artistic and cultural links to Mesa Verde National Park (e.g. Mesa Verde 30’s poster mural on a building)
3) Celebrate our cultural heritage by communicating with the ranchers to possibly advertise their cattle drives, branding, team rodeos etc.
4) Involve more people in the arts through events, classes, etc. in partnership with the School, Library, Mesa Verde, Arts Council and many others.
Goal #6: Develop a Sustainable Creative District So that it Can Continue to Promote the Mancos Valley for years to come.
1) Leverage current grant funding and partner resources to bring in additional, long term funding for the Creative District.
2) Once the district is certified, move it to its own 501c3 with a part time paid coordinator.