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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#D3372A">For Immediate Release: September 25, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Durham Residents Invited to Share Ideas for Community Arts & Culture
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Online Surveys in English and Spanish Now Available; Responses to Inform New Joint Cultural Plan</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">DURHAM, N.C. – All who live, work, and play in the Bull City are invited to complete an online survey to help develop a new
<a href="https://durhamculturalroadmap.org">cultural plan</a> for the Durham community.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7505431/durham-cultural-roadmap-survey">Online surveys</a> about community arts and culture are now available, in English and Spanish. Survey responses must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday,
October 18. This feedback will inform the development of a new five-year Durham City-County Cultural Plan.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/452/Durham-Cultural-Advisory-Board">
Durham Cultural Advisory Board (DCAB)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">and a Cultural Roadmap Planning group are leading the</span></span>
<a href="https://durhamculturalroadmap.org/">Durham Cultural Roadmap</a> process. The Roadmap is the community engagement, reports, and strategy that will inform the new cultural plan. The Durham Cultural Roadmap
<a href="https://durhamculturalroadmap.org/about/">tentative timeline</a> is available online. In summer 2024, the Durham City Council and Durham County Board of Commissioners will be asked to adopt the cultural plan<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“Resident input through this survey is a critical first step in our community-wide engagement plan,” Planning Group Co-Chair Zena Howard said. “We will continue the engagement in the winter and spring of 2024 with
opportunities for residents to provide their feedback and preferences.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Future updates and public engagement opportunities will be listed on the Cultural Roadmap
<a href="https://durhamculturalroadmap.org">website</a> and in the <a href="https://durhamnc.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e37a443a4b800f3fd6907ccc9&id=ab75d82b26">
Cultural and Public Art Program Newsletter</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> Residents may also
</span></span><a href="mailto:dcab@DurhamNC.gov">email</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">their questions about the roadmap process.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0E0C0C">About the Durham Cultural Advisory Board</span></b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Formed in 2010, the fifteen <a name="_Int_eWOpfQRp">
member</a> </span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/452/Durham-Cultural-Advisory-Board">Durham Cultural Advisory Board (DCAB),</a><span style="color:black"> aided by its
</span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/453/Public-Art-Committee">Public Art Committee,</a><span style="color:black"> advises Durham’s City and County administrations and elected officials on topics related to arts development, honoring Durham’s rich cultural
heritage, and supporting Durham’s vibrant cultural sector. Through its collaboration with the City's
</span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/450/Cultural-Public-Art-Development">Cultural and Public Art Program</a><span style="color:black"> and the County’s Public Art Program, DCAB works to: Inform creation and implementation of arts and cultural policy and
programming in Durham, advocate for public and private financial support for local cultural organizations and facilities and promote economic and workforce development through art and culture, including recruitment and retention of non-profit and for-profit
cultural arts organizations and businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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