A 10-Year Cultural Master Plan for the City of Kawartha Lakes May 2013 1 Contents Contents .......................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 8 Building a case for cultural planning ............................................................................ 8 Culture-led economic development ............................................................................. 9 Methodology .............................................................................................................. 11 The approach ......................................................................................................... 11 Current state ................................................................................................................. 13 A strong base of community cultural assets .............................................................. 13 Figure 1: Cultural resource framework and summary of mapping results .............. 14 Existing planning context ........................................................................................... 15 Kawartha Lakes’ changing demographics .............................................................. 15 Support for the creative rural economy .................................................................. 16 Nurturing a shared culture of tourism ..................................................................... 16 Protecting cultural (and natural) heritage resources ............................................... 16 The community’s voice .............................................................................................. 16 Values .................................................................................................................... 17 Aspirations ............................................................................................................. 18 Needs ..................................................................................................................... 18 Kawartha Lakes’ Cultural Master Plan .......................................................................... 20 Vision ......................................................................................................................... 20 Guiding assumptions ................................................................................................. 20 2 Strategic directions and 10-year action agenda ......................................................... 21 Strategic direction 1: Define municipal role and partnerships ................................ 23 Strategic direction 2: Strengthen connections between culture and economic development .......................................................................................................... 28 Strategic direction 3: Build cultural sector capacity and sustainability .................... 33 Strategic direction 4: Strengthen cultural promotion and marketing ....................... 35 Strategic direction 5: Engage and retain youth ...................................................... 37 Monitoring .................................................................................................................. 38 Implementation plan ...................................................................................................... 40 Strategic direction 1: Define municipal role and partnerships .................................... 40 Strategic direction 2: Strengthen connection between culture and economic development .............................................................................................................. 42 Strategic direction 3: Build cultural sector capacity and sustainability ....................... 44 Strategic direction 4: Strengthen cultural promotions and marketing ......................... 46 Strategic direction 5: Engage and retain youth .......................................................... 47 Appendix A: Cultural mapping inventory report ............................................................. 49 Purpose and deliverables .......................................................................................... 49 Figure 1: Process overview .................................................................................... 50 What is cultural mapping? ......................................................................................... 50 Uses of cultural mapping ........................................................................................ 51 Cultural mapping process .......................................................................................... 52 Data collection........................................................................................................ 52 Data sources .......................................................................................................... 53 3 Data review ............................................................................................................ 54 Cultural mapping inventory ........................................................................................ 55 Inventory overview ................................................................................................. 55 Cultural resources by category .................................................................................. 56 Cultural industries .................................................................................................. 56 Cultural spaces and facilities .................................................................................. 57 Community cultural organizations .......................................................................... 57 Festivals and events .............................................................................................. 58 Natural heritage...................................................................................................... 58 Cultural heritage ..................................................................................................... 59 Complete cultural inventory ....................................................................................... 59 Cultural industries .................................................................................................. 59 Community Cultural Organizations ......................................................................... 79 Cultural facilities and spaces .................................................................................. 82 Natural heritage...................................................................................................... 91 Festivals and events .............................................................................................. 94 Cultural heritage ................................................................................................... 105 Sustaining cultural mapping ..................................................................................... 117 Assigning mapping responsibilities ...................................................................... 117 Defining workflow ................................................................................................. 118 Determining an optimal cultural mapping portal ................................................... 119 External hosting option ......................................................................................... 119 4 Appendix B: Planning context scan ............................................................................. 121 City of Kawartha Lakes Official Plan (2010) ............................................................ 121 The City of Kawartha Lakes Growth Management Strategy and Municipal Master Plan Project (2011) .......................................................................................................... 122 Kawartha Lakes Agricultural Action Plan (2010) ...................................................... 123 A Strategic Tourism Plan (2008) .............................................................................. 124 Heritage Master Plan (2011) .................................................................................... 126 Economic Development Mission (2007) .................................................................. 127 Community Vision 2002-2012 (2002) ...................................................................... 127 Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Facilities Strategic Plan (2004) ............................. 127 Trails Master Plan (2006) ........................................................................................ 128 Public Library Strategic Plan 2008-2018 (2008) ...................................................... 128 Appendix C: Community engagement summary ......................................................... 129 Stakeholder interviews ............................................................................................. 129 Q1 – What is already working well in culture? What strengths can we build on? . 129 Q2 – What are we not doing or not doing well that should be a priority of the Cultural Master Plan? ........................................................................................... 130 Q3 – How well do you think the economic importance of culture to the City is generally understood? .........................................................................................