Volume 1 Written Statement

Objective 8.11

Objective 8.14 Cork City Arts Strategy To support the continued advancement, participation and collaboration of arts and cultural services through the implementation of the Cork City Arts Strategy (2021 – 2025). Objective 8.13 Cork’s Cultural Capacity To grow Cork’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Cork. To this end Cork City Council will seek to: a. Ensure that cultural facilities are not lost from existing buildings in redevelopment proposals i.e. where the redevelopment of sites/buildings which include an existing cultural facility is proposed that this facility is replicated/re-housed in the new development. b. Support the development of vacant premises and sites in the City Centre for arts and cultural uses. c. Support the development of infrastructure for artists including spaces for artists to live, work and exhibit. d. Ensure the retention and facilitation of artistic/design based educational institutions in the City.

Strategic Arts and Culture Objective

a. To celebrate Cork as a city of culture and to support the further development of Cork as a centre for arts, culture and creativity. b. To grow Cork’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Cork. c. To support the continued advancement, participation and collaboration of arts and cultural services through the implementation of the forthcoming Cork City Arts Strategy (2021 – 2025). d. To creatively engage citizens in shaping Cork’s cultural identity through implementation of the Creative Cork Strategy 2018 – 2022 and its successors. e. (e) To ensure that the nurturing of the arts and associated services is part of the planned development of Cork City and its urban and rural neighbourhoods. f. To protect and enhance the cultural amenities of the city including the conservation, protection and enhancement of Cork City’s natural, built and cultural heritage. g. To ensure the preservation and promotion of the cultural identity of Cork’s urban and rural city neighbourhoods. Objective 8.12 Cork as a City of Culture To celebrate Cork as a city of culture and to support the further development of Cork as a centre for arts, culture and creativity; Cork City Council will aim to further expand and improve on the provision of such facilities and consider cultural provision in development management.

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