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Webb Management Services Inc. 14 <br />personnel + experience (continued) <br />Cultural Arts + Entertainment Strategic Plan | <br />Gladstone, MO (2014) <br />The planning process for this project was organized into three parts: <br />1. Collecting information and conducting research on the current <br />situation of, and future prospects for, the arts and entertainment in <br />Gladstone; <br />2. Working with the plan’s Steering Committee to develop a vision for <br />arts and entertainment in Gladstone; and <br />3. Using that information to develop specific policies, program <br />strategies, and implementation plans. <br />The ultimate goals of the project were to analyze the needs of <br />the arts and entertainment community (including existing and potential <br />audiences and participants) in order to articulate a vision for arts and <br />entertainment in Gladstone and identify and evaluate programming <br />opportunities, also suggesting the appropriate partners, facilities, costs, <br />target market, and impact for each opportunity. The plan also suggested the <br />role of the public and private sectors and the infrastructure and <br />partnerships required to support and strengthen the local arts and <br />entertainment sector, allowing it to effectively attract, engage, and serve <br />Gladstone and regional residents. <br />Additionally, the plan addressed two key issues. First, Gladstone is <br />principally a bedroom community, with the majority of its residents leaving <br />the city for work on a daily basis. Given that, the plan needed to promote a <br />sense of community and attachment to place. Second, the planning process <br />was occurring at the same time as Kansas City’s first regional cultural <br />planning process, thus the two needed to address and inform one another. <br />Reference: <br />Carol Suter <br />Council Member, Gladstone City Council <br />Cultural Arts + Entertainment Strategic Plan Committee <br />t. (816) 769-9530 <br />e. csuter@gladstone.mo.us <br />Webb Management Services <br />was hired by the City of <br />Gladstone to develop a plan <br />to guide the development, <br />delivery, and support of cultural <br />arts and entertainment in <br />Gladstone, a community <br />outside of Kansas City.