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Overview of the City of Ballarat OverviewBackground of the City of Ballarat LiveCommunity Music engagement Strategic is a broad concept Plan encompassing a wide range of activities and initiatives. The style and level of engagement is selected and adapted based upon the process or project. Live music spans a wide range of genres from rock and hip hop to jazz and classical, played in pubs, theatres, schools, festivals and even on the street. A Background healthy local live music scene, both professional and community-based, indicates that a region can sustain Community engagement is a broad concept entrepreneurial creative industries, has strong social encompassing a wide range of activities and capital, and is culturally vibrant. initiatives. The style and level of engagement is selected and adapted based upon the Over recent years, urban councils across Australia have been developing Live Music Strategic Plans to process or project. reduce regulatory and non-regulatory barriers and Live music spans a wide range of genres from rock embrace opportunities. The City of Ballarat is one and hip hop to jazz and classical, played in pubs, of the first regional councils to develop a Live Music theatres, schools, festivals and even on the street. A Strategic Plan, capitalising on strong community healthy local live music scene, both professional and interest in live music and live music enterprises in our community-based, indicates that a region can sustain region. The Strategic Plan also implements an action entrepreneurial creative industries, has strong social in the Ballarat Strategy, the City of Ballarat’s vision for capital, and is culturally vibrant. the city to 2040. Over recent years, urban councils across Australia A Ballarat Live Music Advisory Committee, appointed have been developing Live Music Strategic Plans to in early 2015, was a key source of input. reduce regulatory and non-regulatory barriers and embrace opportunities. The City of Ballarat is one of the first regional councils to develop a Live Music Strategic Plan, capitalising on strong community Content interest in live music and live music enterprises in our region. The Strategic Plan also implements an action The Live Music Strategic Plan has a scope of five years, in the Ballarat Strategy, the City of Ballarat’s vision for from 2016 to 2021. It defines the goals and objectives the city to 2040. underpinning support of local and regional live music and identifies actions to strengthen development, A Ballarat Live Music Advisory Committee, appointed appropriate to Council’s role within the community. in early 2015, was a key source of input. The Strategic Plan includes actions for each of the five objectives within the vision as outlined below: “As the capital of Western Victoria, Ballarat is a city and Content a regional centre: The Live Music Strategic Plan has a scope of five years, where musicians and music enterprises are empowered from 2016 to 2021. It defines the goals and objectives to develop, innovate and collaborate to be sustainable underpinning support of local and regional live music and identifies actions to strengthen development, minimising regulatory burdens on musicians and music appropriate to Council’s role within the community. enterprises The Strategic Plan includes actions for each of the five embracing a rich diversity of vibrant live music, across objectives within the vision as outlined below: genres, communities, ages and contexts “As the capital of Western Victoria, Ballarat is a city that is a regional destination for major music and a regional centre: where musicians and music performances of high quality and related events which enterprises are empowered to develop, innovate and generate local excitement and cultural tourism collaborate to be sustainable minimising regulatory burdens on musicians and music enterprises embracing utilising live music to foster self-expression, personal a rich diversity of vibrant live music, across genres, development and wellbeing for people of all ages” 2 BackgroundBackground Community engagement is a broad concept encompassing a wide range Community engagement is a broad concept of activities and initiatives. 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It defines the goals and objectives underpinning support• minimising of local andregulatory regional burdens live music on musicians and music enterprises and identifies actions to strengthen development, appropriate to Council’s• embracing role within a rich the diversity community. of vibrant live music, across genres, communities, ages and contexts The Strategic Plan includes actions for each of the five objectives within• thethat vision is a regionalas outlined destination below: for major music performances of high quality and related events which generate local excitement and cultural tourism “As the capital of Western Victoria, Ballarat is a city and a regional centre:• utilising live music to foster self-expression, personal development and well-being for people of all ages” where musicians and music enterprises are empowered to develop, innovateDetailed and collaborateactions (see to followingbe sustainable table) cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, musician and music enterprise creative and business skills, institutional minimising regulatorypartnerships, burdens onaudience musicians development, and music infrastructure, temporary events, busking, enterprises planning, liquor licensing and community-based music. embracing a richResources diversity of for vibrant full implementation live music, across are not yet identified, nor are there specific financial genres, communities,commitments ages and forcontexts 2016-17 beyond existing resources. Full implementation of some actions would likely require external funding. that is a regional destination for major music performances ofAs high a process quality and for monitoringrelated events and which reporting on progress and outcomes, the Strategic Plan generate local excitementrecommends and acultural publicly-available tourism ‘report card’ on annual progress with implementing accepted actions, and outcomes achieved, over the 2016 to 2021 period of the utilising live musicStrategic to foster Plan. self-expression, personal development and wellbeing for people of all ages” 3 Object Summary description of actions 1. Musicians and 1.1. Work with peak bodies to pilot a Live Music Coordinator position to plan and music enterprises implement activities of benefit to the local and regional music sector are empowered to 1.2. Establish a basic resource page for musicians and music enterprises on the City of develop, innovate Ballarat website and collaborate to 1.3. Encourage musicians to use state and national resources and services, and work with be sustainable partners to promote professional development activities 1.4. Establish municipality-wide
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