Carol A Poore PhD, President, Poore & Associates Strategic Planning and Faculty, Arizona State University
over 3 years ago
Phoenix public art is an important investment with payoffs: Placemaking for city identity, economic development, quality of life, civic pride, increased home values, community conversation. Thank you for sustaining the arts during the pandemic and with this budget. Your support of public art maintenance and arts/culture programming through our Office of Arts & Culture is leading Phoenix into a vibrant future.
With gratitude, Carol A. Poore, Ph.D.-Board Chairman, Friends of Phoenix Public Art
Mitra Khazai, Exective Director, Phoenix Boys Choir
over 3 years ago
The Phoenix Boys Choir thanks city leaders for your support of our arts and culture sector. As a 73-year-old Phoenix youth development and performing arts organization, our work, along with our fellow arts and culture sector members, supports economic growth, shared cultural experiences and productive community dialogue. As second responders during and after the pandemic, our art serves to bring joy, heal and uplift our community. Thank you for your support of our critical sector.
I would like to provide my support for funding new parks in newly developing areas. I believe that the undeveloped park on Samantha would be a benefit to the community and request it be added to the city budget this year.
This is a balanced approach by allocating funding for critical needs (homeless, mental health, etc.) while still fully funding our PD. We as the fifth-largest city can accomplish both without sacrificing one or the other, and the majority of residents want a fully funded PD. Crime deterrence includes keeping our youth active, which is why the city needs to build out all planned small neighborhood parks, including in underserved Laveen - starting with the vacant lot at 55th Avenue and Samantha.
Phoenix public art is an important investment with payoffs: Placemaking for city identity, economic development, quality of life, civic pride, increased home values, community conversation. Thank you for sustaining the arts during the pandemic and with this budget. Your support of public art maintenance and arts/culture programming through our Office of Arts & Culture is leading Phoenix into a vibrant future.
With gratitude, Carol A. Poore, Ph.D.-Board Chairman, Friends of Phoenix Public Art
The Phoenix Boys Choir thanks city leaders for your support of our arts and culture sector. As a 73-year-old Phoenix youth development and performing arts organization, our work, along with our fellow arts and culture sector members, supports economic growth, shared cultural experiences and productive community dialogue. As second responders during and after the pandemic, our art serves to bring joy, heal and uplift our community. Thank you for your support of our critical sector.
I would like to provide my support for funding new parks in newly developing areas. I believe that the undeveloped park on Samantha would be a benefit to the community and request it be added to the city budget this year.
This is a balanced approach by allocating funding for critical needs (homeless, mental health, etc.) while still fully funding our PD. We as the fifth-largest city can accomplish both without sacrificing one or the other, and the majority of residents want a fully funded PD. Crime deterrence includes keeping our youth active, which is why the city needs to build out all planned small neighborhood parks, including in underserved Laveen - starting with the vacant lot at 55th Avenue and Samantha.