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USES + USERS ........................................................................................... 17 7. COMMUNITY BENEFITS & IMPACTS ............................................................. 22 8. CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................... 24 9. FACILITY RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................... 25 10. COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA CENTER ..................................................... 30 11. IMPROVE THE LEGACY PARK AMPHITHEATRE ............................................ 43 12. NEW OUTDOOR EVENT AND FESTIVAL SPACE ............................................ 45 13. DECENTRALIZED PROGRAM SPACE ........................................................... 47 14. LARGE PERFORMANCE HALL .................................................................... 49 15. ARTIST WORK/SELL SPACE ....................................................................... 51 16. ADVANCING THE PLAN ............................................................................. 53 APPENDIX A: STUDY INTERVIEW PARTICIPANTS APPENDIX B: MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS APPENDIX C: FACILITY INVENTORIES APPENDIX D: SURVEY RESULTS APPENDIX E: NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMPARABLE PROJECTS APPENDIX F: SPACE PROGRAM AND COST MODEL APPENDIX G: PRO-FORMA OPERATING BUDGET APPENDIX H: COMPARABLE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTERS Webb Management Services, Inc. 2 Lee’s Summit Cultural Facilities Master Plan Webb Management Services, Inc. 3 Lee’s Summit Cultural Facilities Master Plan 1. introduction The City of Lee’s Summit has hired Webb Management Services and ForeSite to develop a Cultural Facilities Master Plan, evaluating the space needs of the arts and cultural community in Lee’s Summit and the region, providing a preliminary space plan and capital budget for recommended facilities, and offering recommendations around the operations and sustainability of those facilities. Areas of research and analysis include: ! A discussion of the state of Lee’s Summit’s cultural community and resulting demand and opportunity for programming. ! A discussion of key trends in the arts and culture to provide context for the plan. ! The characteristics of Lee’s Summit market and its capacity and propensity to support additional arts and cultural programming. ! Building an inventory of the local and regional cultural facilities inventory, including indoor and outdoor performance space, visual arts space and local program space (that accommodates hands-on arts activities.) ! Interest on part of regional cultural organizations in bringing additional programming to Lee’s Summit. ! The potential for additional arts and cultural programming to support broader community goals around economic development, quality of life and more. To inform this study effort, we have interviewed and surveyed local and regional arts organizations, artists, educators, political and business leadership, City personnel and residents. A complete list of individuals who participated in our initial interviews is appended to this memo as Appendix A. Webb Management Services, Inc. 4 Lee’s Summit Cultural Facilities Master Plan 2. study context Understanding the contextual issues around this work is key to developing realistic and viable recommendations. Arts and Culture in Lee’s Summit Lee’s Summit is regarded as a community that has significant potential to benefit from additional arts and cultural activities. This vision has been proposed in a number of community plans, including Lee’s Summit 360. In 2004, City leadership established a strategic goal to conduct a feasibility study for a cultural arts facility. A Cultural Arts Citizens Task Force was created, and then the decision was made to create a Cultural Arts Plan, completed in 2007. In 2010, the City received a Creative Community Award from the Missouri Arts Council, recognizing Lee’s Summit for its arts potential. The City is supportive of arts and culture in Lee’s Summit, particularly through administration of the Lee’s Summit Arts Council, composed of city-appointed representatives and managed through the Parks and Recreation department. The Arts Council’s primary activities include distribution of grants of up to $1,000 and promoting arts and culture in the community. Parks and Recreation is the primary producer of City arts programs and offerings, which occur downtown, at community centers, and City Hall. Arts education offerings are one of the City’s strongest cultural assets. Each of the City’s three public high schools has performance and visual arts facilities, full-time faculty and programs. Courses and extra-curricular programs include orchestra, marching band, choir and vocal performance, drama, sculpture, ceramics, media, studio art and more. MCC-Longview is also based in Lee’s Summit and operates a Cultural Arts Center that houses a gallery, black box and dance studio. Additionally, the community is home to a number of private and nonprofit creative businesses and artists focusing on dance, music, and visual arts instruction. A number of community arts organizations are based in Lee’s Summit, including the Lee’s Summit Symphony, Summit Art, and recently formed Summit Theatre Group. Locally, touring performing arts offerings are limited, due to the community’s proximity to established venues in Kansas City, Overland Park, and Independence and lack of suitable performance facilities. The State of the Arts in the Region The region surrounding Lee’s Summit is culturally vibrant, with a mix of performing and visual arts in urban, suburban and rural communities that are well supported by organizations like the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, Arts Council of Johnson County, the Cultural Coalition of Eastern Jackson County, and the Raytown Arts Council. Kansas City is also home to state and regional arts service organizations including the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Having invested significant resources in arts and cultural infrastructure that has led to the formation of cultural districts and construction of state-of-the art facilities, the region is well positioned to experience Webb Management Services, Inc. 5 Lee’s Summit Cultural Facilities Master Plan significant growth and innovation in the arts and cultural sector. The arts and cultural community has an established track record of developing projects and working collaboratively to fundraise for arts and culture. The result of years of planning and investment, a number of performing and visual arts institutions have opened in the past five years, providing the region with several high-quality facilities that have drastically altered