City of Seattle, 2017
Resource Overview
This report identifies 30 policy ideas that can help cities better support their cultural spaces. These ideas include cultural space certification, building code, permitting, technical assistance, and financial assistance. Rising rents in Seattle threaten to displace vulnerable communities, despite the contributions these communities make to creating vibrant cultural spaces. This report provides policy solutions to mitigate this displacement.
Key Section
Understanding Community in New Ways
Page 7-9 outlines the 30 specific policy ideas. Page 26-87 describes each of these ideas in more detail.
Page 18-19 highlights some of the measurable impacts that cultural spaces can have on a neighborhood.
Page 20 describes what cultural spaces can look like.