Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Members received a report of the Town Clerk regarding Culture Mile leading the cultural recovery.

Culture Mile Team were in the process of drawing up the recommendations on what core thematic areas should be in focus for the next two years. The Education Board had a key interest particularly in the skills and learning agenda.

There was continued interest from Members on how businesses could get involved. There was a Culture Mile Network, which was an alliance of 50 organisations from a number of sectors including commercial, academic, Livery and non-profit, who were supportive of the transformation of the City into a cultural destination. Culture Mile needed to be more self-sustaining in the long term and it was hoped that this network, alongside a more entrepreneurial and mixed economy model, would help deliver that. A consultancy process was underway to assist with this.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.