Learn about tools and resources available to Culture Days participants at an information session hosted by the City of North Bay, Parks and Recreation Department with Culture Days staff in attendance. Aimed at helping participants increase the impact and success of their Culture Days activities, this information session is open to artists, professional and volunteer-run cultural groups, libraries, museums, schools and anyone else wishing to participate in the third annual pan-Canadian celebration of arts and culture taking place on September 28-30, 2012.

INFORMATION SESSION

DATE / TIME: May 24, 2012 at 2:00pm – 4:00pm

LOCATION:  City Hall, 200 McIntyre Street East, 7^th Floor Executive Board Room

Ontario Culture Days staff will be in attendance to answer questions and facilitate.

The information session is free and open to all.

Please register by calling North Bay Parks and Recreation at 705-474-0626 Ext 2329.

For more information about Culture Days, please visit: www.on.culturedays.ca.

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North Bay’s Cultural Map connects you to many individuals, organizations and companies who help to support and enhance culture and creativity in our community.

Go to this link now to add yourself to the map……or to connect with North Bay’s cultural individuals, companies or organizations.

http://www.ylm.ca/ylm/ylm_home.aspx?f=northbaycultural

For more information contact Sharon Kitlar at sharon.kitlar@cityofnorthbay.ca or 705-474-0626 bext 2317.

The members of the Advisory Committee are in the process of reviewing the Report’s recommendations, determining priorities and timelines and identifying partners to assist with the implementation of initiatives.

The Advisory Committee includes members of the Community and City staff. The group has been involved throughout the development of the plan over the course of the last year and will continue to work through the initial stages of the implementation. The next meeting is scheduled for early January 2012.

The Report has been presented to Council by staff. Greg Baeker the consultant from AuthentiCity will formally address  the Report and its recommendations to Council at its regular Committee Meeting on Monday. Councillors will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Public may attend the meeting to hear the presentation. The meeting will be also be broadcast on Cogeco Television.

For more information contact Sharon Kitlar at 705-474-0626 ext. 2317 or by email at sharon.kitlar@cityofnorthbay.ca.

A key step in the development of a Cultural Plan for North Bay is completing a process of cultural mapping. Mapping is a systematic approach to identifying, recording and classifying a community’s cultural resources.  To date the mapping process has involved consolidating information from a range of existing sources including Statistics Canada, local Yellow Pages, and a series of local databases. So far this has yielded a total of more than 250 assets in the various categories illustrated in the diagram on the right margin of this page.

But we know we’ve only scratched the surface and now we need your help in adding to this initial information.  In particular, we know that there are many individual artists that are not yet part of the database. This database will be available for public information. If you are interested in being included in this database, go to the link below and add your information to our list. Get on the North Bay Cultural Map by clicking this link: http://www.northbayculturalplan.com/north-bays-cultural-map/

Just follow this link and the instructions will guide you through the completion of the survey.

Questions?

Contact Sharon Kitlar at 705 474-0626 ext 2317 or sharon.kitlar@cityofnorthbay.ca

Those who couldn’t make it could watch it all on cable as Cogeco was onsite to film it all live.

Information gathered at the meeting will be reflected along with other information collected in a draft report from the consultant.

Those who couldn’t attend can still participate by answering the community survey on this website. Go to the survey under the Community Engagement menu above.

Catch a replay of the Forum on Cogeco. Check the “Schedule” section of the website for upcoming airdates.  www.tvcogeco.com

You can see a summary of the comments from the Forum by going to this link http://www.northbayculturalplan.com/community-engagement/survey/

The COMMUNITY FORUM is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 3 2011 in the Council Chambers at City Hall.  Registration will take place beginning at 6:30pm with the Forum activities taking place between 7 and 9 pm. 

Participants will have an opportunity to provide input that will help shape the vision and overall direction of the plan.

Provide your input by answering the following -

• What does Culture in North Bay mean to you?
• What should be the guiding principals for the plan?
• What should be the priorities for the Plan?
• What are important strategies that would advance the plan’s vision and principles?

If you are interested in attending you may RSVP by calling the Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services Department at 705-474-0400 or email sandy.moffat@cityofnorthbay.ca.        

 For further information please contact:

 Sharon Kitlar, Manager Recreation & Leisure Services            705-474-0626 ext 2317,  sharon.kitlar@cityofnorthbay.ca