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PLAN TEAM

PLAN LEADERSHIP

Creative City is strategically designed to align with the City of San Diego’s Strategic Plan, ensuring that arts, culture, and creativity are pivotal in driving solutions and achieving the City’s ambitious plan goals. The City’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is the primary steward of Creative City, demonstrating strong leadership, but the plan also highlights numerous cross-departmental priorities. Moreover, DCA is committed to forging impactful partnerships with other departments and agencies to amplify our collective efforts.

Through DCA, the City led the cultural planning initiative for Creative City in partnership with a cultural planning team tasked with guiding a strategic process that addresses our unique strengths, needs and priorities. Meet the team below.

THE CITY OF

SAN DIEGO

The City of San Diego, through the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), advances and drives an equitable and inclusive creative economy and cultural ecosystem by investing in the work of artists and creatives and the institutions and systems that amplify creative work and experiences. Key City project staff include DCA staff as the lead for the planning process working with department partners and the Mayor’s team, and is the primary steward of the plan during its implementation.

PROJECT TEAM

PROJECT LEADERSHIP

This effort is led by the City of San Diego in partnership with a cultural planning team engaged to guide a strategic process to address our unique strengths, needs and priorities.

THE CITY OF
SAN DIEGO

The City of San Diego advances and drives an equitable and inclusive creative economy and cultural ecosystem by investing in the work of artists and creatives and the institutions and systems that amplify creative work and experiences. Key City project staff include Arts and Culture staff as the lead for the planning process working with department partners and the Mayor’s team.

COMMISSION FOR

ARTS and CULTURE

The Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council on promoting, encouraging and increasing support for the region's artistic and cultural assets, integrating arts and culture into community life and showcasing San Diego as an international tourist destination. The Commission advisory body participated in the planning process, and ultimately recommended on the plan adoption to the Mayor and City Council.

CULTURAL PLANNING

CONSULTANT TEAM

Cultural Planning Group is a national firm, based in San Diego, specializing in cultural arts plan development for cities and counties by empowering community thought and leadership in the project process. CPG’s visionary approach to planning guides communities to discover and develop the innate cultural assets that give voice to their unique story. The City engaged CPG to partner on the cultural planning process to develop the Creative City cultural plan.

COMMISSION FOR ARTS and CULTURE

The Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council on promoting, encouraging and increasing support for the region's artistic and cultural assets, integrating arts and culture into community life and showcasing San Diego as an international tourist destination. The Commission advisory body will participate in the planning process, and ultimately makes recommendations on the plan adoption to the Mayor and City Council.

CULTURAL PLANNING TEAM

Cultural Planning Group is a national firm specializing in cultural arts plan development for cities and counties by empowering community thought and leadership in the project process. CPG’s visionary approach to planning guides communities to discover and develop the innate cultural assets that give voice to their unique story.

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TEAM PARTNERS

To help guide the cultural planning process, CPG worked with team partners, including:

The Arts at Work, Casa Familiar, DRMTM, and Webb Management, San Diego artist/facilitators Diana Cervera, Josemar Gonzalez, Yolanda Franklin, Jacole Kitchen, and Cat Chiu Phillips.

SUPPORT

The cultural planning process was funded by the City of San Diego with additional support provided by the San Diego Foundation.

TEAM PARTNERS

To help guide the strategic process, CPG is working with team partners, including:

The Arts at Work, Casa Familiar, DRMTM, and Webb Management, and San Diego artist/facilitators.

Photos from top to bottom:
Tangy Tango, John Oliver Lewis (photo credit: Philipp Scholz Rittermann), The New Children’s Museum, Armando de la Torre, Spring Tide: A Mini Pop-Up Festival (photo credit: Stacy Keck Photo), Keenan Hartsten, The Honeycomb Harmonies (photo credit: Stacy Keck Photo)

The City of San Diego is committed to providing an equitable and inclusive environment for all individuals. Consistent with these principles and applicable laws, the City reasonably provides translation, interpretation, alternative formats, disability-related modifications or accommodations. Requests for these services may be made by email to arts@sandiego.gov.