Objective 8.15 Creative Cork Strategy To creatively engage citizens in shaping Cork’s cultural identity through implementation of the Creative Cork Strategy 2018 – 2022 Cork City Council will seek to: a. Invest in long term engagement in creative collaboration. b. Recognise youth culture as a creative force and an art form for Cork City. c. Creatively engage our citizens in Archaeology, built, natural and cultural heritage. d. Creatively use our public space for our communities through one large scale cultural public event each year. e. Recognise Cork City as an intercultural city. f. Recognise the contribution of Cork creatives to Cork’s identity as a city of culture.
Objective 8.16 Arts and the Public Realm 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 and to enhance the cultural use of public realm spaces, Cork City Council will: a. Stimulate cultural activity in Cork’s public spaces including greater use of empty premises and outdoor spaces. b. Prioritise high-quality, design-led approaches to public realm enhancement. c. Provide for cultural and family uses in planning of public realm development projects. d. Observe principles of placemaking in public realm development projects. e. Implement the Arts Strategy for Cork Docklands Public Realm as part of the Docklands Development f. Protect and enhance built heritage through
development for cultural uses where necessary, appropriate and feasible.
g. Continue to promote and encourage the provision of public art in large scale developments, in public parks and other public spaces. h. Ensure that all construction projects undertaken by Cork City Council which are supported by Government funding are considered for the ‘Per cent for Art’ Scheme.
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Conservation of the City’s Built Heritage a. To seek to ensure the conservation of Cork City’s built heritage. b. To ensure that Cork’s Built Heritage contributes fully to the social and economic life of the city and to pursue actions that ensure Cork’s built heritage will benefit from good custodianship and building occupation.
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