Date: July 2, 2007
To: Mark Funkhouser, Mayor
Ed Wolf
Joe Miller
Mike Eglinski
From: Kendrick Blackwood
Subject: Arts discussion with Joan Israelite, president and CEO of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
I met recently with Joan Israelite of the Arts Council, and she had some insightful thoughts about the Arts in this town:
Mark could be the first Mayor to really look at how the City can strategically foster and promote the visual and performing arts, recognizing their importance as key assets for attracting business and the creative class and for downtown development, neighborhood development, youth development and cultural tourism.
To read the entire memo: Download joan_israelite.pdf
