Beautiful City goes to City Hall (PART 1)

BEAUTIFULCITY.CA Update Community Release
March 17, 2010: Budget Chief Shelley Carroll also stated that there will be a "much improved plan" going forward to specifically benefit the arts at the April 7th Executive meeting (Committee Room 1, 9:30am - please save the date / RSVP at the facebook group here: http://tinyurl.com/yf233sn) Our position is that substantial resources need accompany the go-forward plan this year -- conditions are good and positive precedent needs to be set in order for the policy to survive the election.There is no good reason settle on mediocrity...

The 'Beautiful City Billboard Fee' is a unique initiative by local Toronto artists who have been lobbying City Council for a tax on advertising billboards and directing the revenue to fund public art. This segment has a brief overview of the BCBF, some clips of the council debate on Item PG33.10, and the voting day results, with some feature words from Che Kothari & Devon Ostrom at City Hall, plus a special message to Councillor Ford, and more...

MP3 Listen to the full Interview with Devon Ostrom http://www.silsa.ca/DevonOstrom10282009.mp3 on Word of Mouth Wednesday Oct. 28th 2009 (CKLN 88.1 FM) hosted by Daniel Libby

Also, check out the other Word of Mouth Wednesday radio segments relating to the BCBF: Council debates: http://www.silsa.ca/BeautifulCityBillboardTaxDebate.mp3
Dec. 7th 2009 VOTE: http://www.silsa.ca/BillboardTaxPassDec7th2009.mp3

Recommended Website: ILLEGAL SIGNS tracking Toronto's Outdoor Advertising Industry http://illegalsigns.ca/

More info at http://www.beautifulcity.ca/bcbfpetition.asp

The Beautiful City Billboard Fee (BCBF) would see a charge paid by billboard advertisers through an annual license fee. Revenue would be dedicated to bylaw enforcement and art in the public sphere. A priority would be placed on funding marginalized communities and youth art and distributed through arms-length or peer jury processes. Specific objectives of the BCBF include:
- Urban beautification & employment for artists
- More funding for tracking & policing billboard advertisers
- Helping move Toronto towards a pedestrian focused aesthetic
- Promoting community ownership of public spaces
- Diversifying access to public communication

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Thanks to all the supporters of the arts, don't give up now...

Look out for PART 2

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Toronto still has the most beautiful art

go to kensington market for the evidence