SAC Cultural Planning Readiness Survey

Cultural Planning Readiness Survey for Somerville

Thank you for sharing your perspective on Somerville's arts and culture landscape. TDC is a Boston-based nonprofit consulting firm. We are working with the Somerville Arts Council (SAC) to assess the community's goals and capacity to engage in a cultural planning process. As a leader in Somerville's arts community, your participation is critical to a successful cultural planning process.

The survey will ask that you identify yourself so that we and SAC know who has shown interest in cultural planning. Please know that your individual responses will not be made public. We may reach out to you with follow-up questions to deepen our understanding of the community's needs, preferences, and capacity.

Deadline for completion is Sunday, July 18. The survey should take only 10 minutes.

“A cultural plan is a community decision-making process that seeks ways to better support and utilize creative work. Cultural plans explore residents’ preferences, the adequacy of public and private structures that support creativity and innovation, and identify specific action steps that can make the community’s creative portfolio stronger, more accessible, more sustainable, and more diverse.”
− Cultural Plan Framework from the City of Madison, WI

2. Why? *This question is required.

3. What outcomes do you want from a cultural plan?
Please rank your top 5 priorities. (Higher on the list indicates a higher priority) *This question is required. Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.

Increased arts-based tourism
Increased funding for individual artists
More robust SAC department
Increased funding for neighborhood-based arts activity
Increased visibility for Somerville’s arts sector
Strategy for arts in the school system
Arts advocacy organization
More venues to perform/display art
More work spaces for artists
Housing for artists
More support and funding for BIPOC artists and organizations
Increased grant funding for arts and culture organizations

4. Are there other outcomes, not mentioned above, that are a higher priority for you? If so, please let us know.