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Executive Summary
Goal 5. Vibrant Arts, Culture, and Recreation
Strategy 5.1: Elevate the Arts as a Major Driver of Neighborhood Revitalization
The arts have significant potential to support the revitalization of the Great Falls Neighborhood given the neighborhood’s physical, natural, cultural, and human assets. However, for the arts to achieve their full potential as a driver of the revitalization of the Great Falls Neighborhood, they need to be further elevated within the community and aligned with other key factors impacting neighborhood life.
Strategy 5.2: Curate the Neighborhood with Arts and Cultural Works and Events
This strategy seeks the production, display, and performance of works of arts and culture throughout the neighborhood. It also looks to share and celebrate the neighborhood’s cultural and ethnic diversity through ethnic heritage festivals and parades. These efforts will beautify the neighborhood, inspire community pride, and build unity.
Strategy 5.3: Develop and Open the Paterson Youth Arts Center
NJCDC is in the initial phases of an adaptive reuse project to transform the historic First Presbyterian Church into the Paterson Youth Arts Center. This strategy seeks to achieve this asset’s full potential, by completing the construction of the Paterson Youth Arts Center and activating it with programming.
Strategy 5.4: Continue and Expand Existing Arts Programming
This strategy seeks to expand our arts programming as a means of engaging more local residents, providing creative programming for neighborhood youth, and showcasing the rich array of talent that exists in Paterson.
