St. Catharines Culture Plan 2025-2030: Stay for the Culture
The St. Catharines Culture Plan 2025-2030: Stay for the Culture presents a transformative vision for culture in St. Catharines that will enrich lives, foster pride, and ensure a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable cultural sector within the City.
The Culture Plan outlines a strategic roadmap to guide municipal support for arts and culture over the next five years.
The key objectives of the Cultural Plan include:
• Providing opportunities to capitalize on the City’s existing cultural assets;
• Creation of more equitable and inclusive cultural opportunities;
• Proposal of specific ways in which arts and culture can enhance livability and
prosperity in St. Catharines; and
• Defining tangible steps to maintain existing cultural spaces and open new ones.
The Culture Plan demonstrates the City’s commitment to local arts and culture and has been developed through extensive research and engagement with local artists, culture participants, residents, and visitors.
Background
The City of St. Catharines has had a longstanding commitment to culture that has fostered a dynamic cultural landscape. The advantages and influence of culture on economic development, community growth, placemaking, well-being, and social cohesion have been well documented. These positive impacts are acknowledged in the City of St. Catharines Strategic Plan 2023-2027. The City’s original Culture Plan was adopted by Council in 2015, with a five-year outlook for culture in St. Catharines. Since 2015, the cultural landscape in St. Catharines has changed considerably. In November 2022, consulting firm Nordicity was engaged by the City of St. Catharines to lead the development of its new Culture Plan. The Culture Plan was endorsed by St. Catharines City Council on Oct. 7, 2024.
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