Beautiful City hosts Invoice Townhall (PART 2)

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 arts supporters who lobbied the Toronto City Council to pass a tax on billboards, finally succeeding on Dec. 7th 2009 (see 'Beautiful City Part 1') This segment was recorded at the INVOICE TOWNHALL March 1st 2010 community discussion focused where's the money going?, the continuing efforts to direct the billboard tax away from the general revenue and into specifically funding local arts, leading up the Operating Budget process April 15th & 16th 2010 featuring Councillor Adam Vaughan (Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina, http://ward20.ca/ ), Councillor Gord Perks (Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park, http://www.gordperks.ca/ ), Rocco Achampong (Candidate for Mayor of Toronto 2010, http://www.roccoformayor.com/ ), & more...

TORONTONIANS WILL VOTE FOR A NEW MAYOR Look out for the Toronto Municipal Elections Monday, October 25, 2010 MORE INFO http://www.toronto.ca/elections/

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

AUDIO SEGMENTS

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:


Councillor Adam Vaughan: 7m09s.mp3" target="_blank" title="http://www.silsa.ca/AdamVaughan7m09s.mp3" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr" class="yt-uix-redirect-link">http://www.silsa.ca/AdamVaughan7m09s.mp3

Councillor Gord Perks: 4m03s.mp3" target="_blank" title="http://www.silsa.ca/GordPerks4m03s.mp3" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr" class="yt-uix-redirect-link">http://www.silsa.ca/GordPerks4m03s.mp3

Council debates: http://www.silsa.ca/BeautifulCityBillboardTaxDebate.mp3
Dec. 7th 2009 VOTE: http://www.silsa.ca/BillboardTaxPassDec7th2009.mp3

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 and the BCBF movement... THIS IS IT

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