REMARKS
Examples of cultural initiatives in Union Square and 4th Arts Block
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Council Member Rivera provides examples of successful cultural initiatives in her district, highlighting their impact on local businesses and communities.
- She mentions the Union Square partnership's plan to expand the park's footprint and incorporate more of the streetscape
- Rivera discusses the 4th Arts Block, which directly supports dozens of cultural organizations and benefits nearby small businesses
- She emphasizes the importance of funding both traditional BIDs and naturally occurring cultural districts
- Rivera expresses interest in exploring various avenues of funding for these initiatives
Carlina Rivera
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You know, I I I just ask because I have 2 interesting, like examples.
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Right?
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I have maybe a more typical bid, which is the Union Square partnership, and they have this really in like, amazing idea to expand sort of the footprint of the park to incorporate more of the streetscape, which I think well, it's already a very sort of crowded public space in terms of vendors and fares and and it's just well known.
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It's iconic.
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And I feel that could always always use even more partnerships.
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They bring an artist to to actually paint the street itself.
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To make it brighter and to identify pedestrian spaces.
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And then I have not necessarily a bid, right, but I have the 4th arts block, which is a place that support directly supports the dozens of cultural organizations that live, work, and breathe on the block, but there are also small businesses there that directly benefit from those cultural organizations.
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And they maintain that block in a way that I feel it's unlike any in the city.
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So I like the the the the bid partnership here in terms of ensuring that they have the funding to hire artists and cultural organizations.
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I also wanna see as and get as much information I can about is in terms of the definition of, you know, how we improve district.
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And how we maintain our blocks.
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And I think that naturally occurring cultural districts, and you'll hear from them later, they're certainly deserving of as as many sort of outlets and and avenues of funding.
