Despite the need to make deep cuts in spending as a result of steeply-reduced revenues, Vancouver City Council recognized the importance of maintaining the momentum on implementation of the Cultural Plan as a contributor to local economic regeneration.
Full details of how the budget reduction will impact the implementation process has yet to be heard, but in the immediate term this decision helps sustain the commitment of multi-sector stakeholders to keep working together on development.
For a brief description of what Council decided, see Arts Notes in the Georgia Straight April 9 – 15, 2009.