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Covid-19 has dealt a devastating blow to the local arts economy, but help is on the way in the form of a new planning initiative between the Arts Alliance, the Downtown Partnership and the City of St. Petersburg.
The goal of the Comprehensive Arts Strategy, which launched Tuesday, is to develop tangible recommendations to build on the city’s existing arts infrastructure to create economic growth across the community. Members of the CAS steering committee, which include local artists and civic and business leaders, will be gathering recommendations and developing strategic measures that can be implemented in spring 2021.
“Because of Covid, people are open to thinking about doing things in new ways and collaboration is more important now than ever been,” said Jason Mathis, CEO of the Downtown Partnership. “We have an opportunity to recommit ourselves to support for art as a defining characteristic of our city. This strategy will quantify the strengths we already have and reimagine the future of art in St. Pete.”
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