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Encourage economic development through the arts. As one <br />3.Visual/Performing Arts and Events <br />Saturday Market-goer said, “art creates commerce; commerce <br />does not create art.” In other words, if Eugene’s creative legacy <br />People like the arts programming in the downtown and want <br />and innovators are embraced, the rest will follow. <br />to build on it. The First Friday Art Walk is a popular program <br />and many expressed for its expansion. Twenty murals are being <br />1,362 survey respondents rated their favorite events. Clear win- <br />painted in the downtown in preparation for the Track World <br />ners were the Eugene Celebration and First Friday: <br />Championships as part of the “20x21 Mural Project”. Residents <br />suggested that they be a focus of events and programming. <br />Eugene Celebration73%997 <br />Displaying art at the downtown LCC campus has also been dis- <br />First Friday71%964 <br />cussed. The library and LCC have maker spaces, combining art, <br />Sunday Streets49%668 <br />technology, and business. <br />EUGfun Events31%417 <br />The Arts and Business Alliance Eugene (ABAE) and the Regional <br />Light Up Downtown27%368 <br />Accelerator (RAIN) are interested in participating in the devel- <br />Fiesta Cultural24%322 <br />made to bring the fragmented Eugene arts community together <br />pARTy on the Plaza22%297 <br />in the downtown, with an emphasis on uniting the university <br />Movies on the Square20%267 <br />and downtown arts districts. <br />All Hallows Eugene16%221 <br />Duck Downtown12%158 <br />More outdoor music and performances in the downtown. Inter- <br />viewees said that Eugene has fewer musicians playing on the <br />subUrban Projections8%107 <br />street than it used to. It was suggested that musicians, poets, <br />NOW Lunch Programs in Kesey5%66 <br />and visual and performance artists be recruited to put on events <br />in the stores, cafes, and streets. <br />When asked which events they would like to see more of, 14% <br />Find means of subsidizing or encouraging art galleries and <br />responded that they would like to see the Eugene Celebration <br />art space. The City should encourage the development of low- <br />return. Cultural arts programming and performances were a <br />cost space for the arts. Mana Contemporary in Jersey City was <br />big favorite with 22% saying they would like more music-relat- <br />suggested as a great model for Eugene. Founder Eugene Lemay <br />ed events of all types downtown and 16% asking for art-focused <br />converted a former tobacco warehouse into a hub of artist and <br />events. Family- and kid-friendly activities were also a favorite <br />dance studios, exhibition spaces, art storage, fabrication facili- <br />with 18%. <br />ties, event space, and more. Some say the marijuana industry is <br />displacing artists from low-cost spaces while other spaces, such <br />as the Hult Center, are too expensive. <br />23 <br /> <br />