FTI/ARC Collaborative Workshop

Please join the Fox Theater Institute and the Atlanta Regional Commission for a forum on creative placemaking and community development. ARC will host a morning session that focuses on the ways that two communities are working with regional partners to initiate redevelopment with a strong focus on placemaking. Information on ARC’s recently adopted regional Arts, Culture and Creative Placemaking Strategic Plan will also be presented.

The Fox Theater Institute with the support of the Georgia Council for the Arts will host and afternoon workshop with a focus on the Institutes Grant Program and best practices for grant writing.  Please spend the day with us, or register for the morning or afternoon session. There will be a break for lunch on your own between the morning and afternoon sessions.

Agenda

9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m

1. Welcome & Announcements

2. Community Revitalization in the Grove Park Neighborhood, Atlanta

Both ARC and FTI have provided resources to the Grove Park Neighborhood to support revitalization. Learn more about the approach.

3. ARC’s Arts, Culture and Creative Placemaking Strategic Plan

4. The Fairburn Creative Placemaking Strategy

ARC and the City of Fairburn have recently completed a creative placemaking strategy. Learn about the long term vision for the community.

1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

5. Fox Theater Institute Grant Program

6. Georgia Council for the Arts Grant Program & Best Practices for Grant Writing

7. Final Discussion and Adjourn

*Lunch will be on your own between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Information on dining options in the vicinity will be available.