QUESTION
Can cultural space be flexible for additional housing units while enhancing collaboration and access?
1:20:44
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64 sec
The dialogue explores the potential for flexible cultural spaces to allow for more housing units while still promoting collaborative, accessible spaces for arts and STEAM programming.
- Council Member Amanda Farías inquires about the possibility of adjusting cultural spaces size to accommodate more residential units.
- Farías highlights the importance of maximizing cultural spaces for opportunities in arts and STEAM.
- The response underscores that larger cultural spaces can foster more collaboration and provide better opportunities for low-cost or free access and programming.
- It is noted that increasing cultural spaces significantly contributes to job creation in the arts sector, particularly for underrepresented black and brown communities.
Kamillah Hanks
1:20:44
Matt a majority leader.
Amanda Farías
1:20:46
Thank you.
1:20:46
And I just wanna just for clarification from my own ears.
1:20:50
Yeah.
1:20:50
Earlier, I had asked, and in case you were not here, I had asked the admin could cultural space be flexible enough to be reduced for potential additional units?
1:21:03
What I'm hearing you say is the more cultural space, the more collaborative of a space it could be.
1:21:09
So more folks could join in on having an opportunity of, like, low cost or free rent, more programming.
1:21:15
So, like, we want Exactly.
1:21:17
We, as a bronx site, now including myself in Brooklyn, we want as much cultural space as possible for the the arts, the steam opportunities that may be presented out there.
1:21:29
Just wanna clarify.
Catherine Green Johnson
1:21:30
Exactly.
1:21:31
And in addition to that, thank you for that question.
1:21:33
It's the jobs that we'll provide.
1:21:36
I still work in the arts administration field, and we represent black and brown people represent less than 10% in this industry.
1:21:44
It is time to change that.
Kamillah Hanks
1:21:48
Excellent.