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[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER]
O'CLOCK.WE'LL CALL THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THURSDAY, MAY 15TH TO ORDER.
[3.1. Discussion with Hutto Arts Today including but not limited to: an organizational overview, potential positive impact of art in Hutto, vision for the coming year, and partnership opportunities with the City of Hutto.]
DISCUSSION WITH HU ARTS TODAY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW, POTENTIAL POSITIVE IMPACT OF ART IN HU VISION FOR THE COMING YEAR, AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CITY OF HU.THANK YOU FOR HAVING THANK YOU.
UM, I'M ELIZABETH RA, UH, PRESIDENT OF HU ARTS TODAY.
YEAH, THIS IS, UH, UM, I'M LIZZIE AND I AM OUR TRADE FOR HELLO ARTS TODAY.
I'M CATHERINE ELL, AND I HAVE TO DO THE FINE ARTS.
YEAH, YOU GUYS, ME ON PERRY
I THINK MY OFFICIAL TITLE IS EX OFFICIO.
SO I DON'T CARE ABOUT TITLES, BUT OH, SURE.
UM, SO WE ARE A NONPROFIT HERE IN HUDU, AND WE ARE AN ARTS NONPROFIT.
UM, THE PILLARS THAT WE STAND ARE ON OUR TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE CREATIVITY, SPARK CURIOSITY, AND BUILD COMMUNITY.
UM, REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS WE WANT TO BRING MORE ART TO HUDU, UM, EVENTUALLY PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND REALLY JUST BE A VIBRANT SPACE FOR PUBLIC ART.
UH, WE REALIZE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY MISSING.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WELL, UM, LAST, UH, MEETING, WE ASKED YOU GUYS TO DO A LITTLE SURVEY AND, UM, GIVE US SOME THOUGHTS ON ART IS, AND THIS IS THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU, YOUR RESPONSES WERE.
SO, ART IS EDUCATIONAL, FUN, BEAUTIFUL, CREATIVE, AND LIFE.
THOSE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAME TO YOU AS A DEFINITION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ART WILL BRING TO HU AS YOU KNOW.
UM, WE ALSO ASKED YOU TO DO A SAMPLE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS.
SO WHAT TYPE OF VISUAL PUBLIC ARTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF? MURALS AND TEMPORARY ROTATING EXHIBITS.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF BRINGING THAT HERE.
I I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SO US DOING THE SURVEYS, THIS IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE CITY AND, UM, CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS HOW CAN WE GET A READ ON WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND HOW OUR ART IS DIFFERENT THAN GEORGETOWN, HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN ROUND ROCK.
AND SO DOING THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT ONE.
WHAT TYPES OF PERFORMING ARTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN
UM,
SHOULD HURO PUBLIC ART OR PERFORMANCES REFLECT COMMUNITY SPIRIT? HISTORY AND HERITAGE.
ALRIGHT, SO WHY ART? NOW? AS YOU KNOW, HURO IS GROWING INSANELY FAST AND THE C COMMUNITY NEEDS THIS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.
ANYTIME I ENGAGE WITH ANY PEOPLE AT MY STUDIO, THEY ARE ALL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THREE OF ALL KINDS OF POSTS, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ART? DO WE HAVE SOMETHING FUN GOING ON? WE NEED, THEY WANT FAMILY ENGAGEMENTS.
UM, NOT JUST DINNER AND A MOVIE, THOUGH.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO NOW HAVE THAT
OKAY, SO HU ARTS TODAY WAS FOUNDED IN 2013.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF FLUID OVER THE YEARS, AND COVID PUT A STOP ON A LOT OF STUFF.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE GOT TOGETHER WITH, UH, MIKE SNYDER IN 2022, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
AND WE NAMED IT HU ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION.
IN 2024, WE MERGED THE TWO OF THE TWO UNITS TOGETHER, UH, PRIMARILY FOR
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EASE OF 5 0 1 C3.ALREADY HERE WE WERE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS DOING THE SAME THING.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO BRING ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART, WHETHER IT BE PERFORMING ART, UH, UH, SCULPTURE, ARTISTS, WHATEVER, IN THEATER AND ALL THAT.
AND HU ARTS TODAY WAS ALREADY HERE DOING THAT.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE SAME THING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS, WHY NOT JUST MAKE ONE CAR AND DO ONE TRIP? RIGHT? SO WE WENT ROUND AND AROUND ON WHAT TO CALL IT, AND WE FIGURED SINCE HAT WAS HERE FOR 11 YEARS, 12 YEARS NOW, WE JUST KEEP THE HAT AUTO ARTS.
TODAY WE ARE 5 0 1 C3, AND WE ARE LED BY A PASSIONATE, UH, DIVERSE BOARD.
SHE IS A PROFESSIONAL SCULPTOR AND OWNER OF BONURA STUDIOS.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THIS STUDIO, YOU NEED TO GO.
SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT SHE'S DOING WITH 3D PRINTING AND CASTING IS JUST AMAZING.
SHE, UH, LEADS PUBLIC ART EFFORTS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND TEACHES CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND KIDS PROGRAMS. HER FIGURATIVE WORK CELEBRATES MEMORY AND CONNECTION, AND SHE ENVISIONS A FUTURE ART CENTER THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH CREATIVITY.
UH, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF TODD KENTNER, WHO'S ALSO, UH, ON THE BOARD.
UH, HE IS A SEASONED SOUND AND LIGHTING DESIGNER WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THEATER AND MUSEUM EXHIBITS.
TODD HAS CONTRIBUTED TO NATIONAL PROJECTS LIKE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBIT AND ART PRIZE.
HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT USING TECHNICAL DESIGN TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY GROWTH.
YOU JUST MET LIZZIE, UH, LIZZIE SAMPLES WITH A BACKGROUND IN ACTING, DIRECTING, AND MARKETING.
LIZZIE BLENDS CREATIVE AND STRATEGIC THINKING.
SHE HELPED EXPAND YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM IN THE HURO ISD AND CURRENTLY WORKS IN GLOBAL TECH MARKETING.
SHE'S BEEN PART OF HU ARCH TODAY, SINCE 2018, AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY FOCUSED ART INITIATIVES.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF FELIX, UH, JAMES, OR YOU MIGHT SAY IMES DEPENDING ON HOW YOU YOU PRONOUNCE IT.
HE'S THE FOUNDER OF 44 DESIGN, A MINORITY OWNED CREATIVE AGENCY IN AUSTIN.
HE IS BOTH A MURALIST AND A DESIGNER WHOSE WORK HAS APPEARED WITH SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST LIVE NATION AND AUSTIN FC.
HE ALSO ADVISES DESIGN STUDENTS AT TSTC AND CHAMPIONS, PUBLIC ART AND CREATIVE STORYTELLING.
AND HE'S A PRETTY DAMN GOOD WEB DESIGNER TOO.
CATHERINE PURNELL BROUGHT OVER THERE.
UH, SHE'S AN ARTIST WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
CATHERINE SPECIALIZES IN OIL AND COLD WAX PAINTING, COLLAGE, AND MIXED MEDIA.
SINCE MOVING HERE FROM NEW JERSEY, WE WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HER.
UH, SHE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO COME HERE.
SHE'S BEEN ACTIVE IN VOCAL ART GROUPS AND EXHIBITIONS.
SHE BRINGS EXPERIENCE IN PLANNING WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS THAT PROMOTE JOY AND CREATIVITY.
I ALSO MOVED HERE FROM CONNECTICUT, SO WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT,
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN A MUSICIAN FOR 58 YEARS, THE TIME I FIRST PICKED UP A GUITAR.
UH, I HAVE SERVED ON NUMEROUS LOCAL BOARDS.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'M CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN.
UH, AND I'VE TO SAY I'VE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN WHAT I WAS PARKS AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS AND CREATIVES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY OUR BOARD.
I THINK SO, RIGHT? WELL, I'M CATHERINE PURNELL, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M AN ARTIST.
AND AS SUCH, UM, I AM PERHAPS A VISIONARY.
AND SO THIS IS MY IDEA OF, UH, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND I SAID, WHAT IF, WHAT IF I COULD JOIN MY COMMUNITY IN PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTS? I'VE LIVED HERE, UH, FOR MAYBE 15 YEARS.
MY SON MOVED HERE, OR HE WAS HERE BEFORE ME.
SO HE LIVES IN THE NEXT SUBDIVISION.
SO WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN SUCH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENVISION A COMMUNITY THAT HAS ARTS.
SO WHAT IF I, WHAT IF I JOINED MY COMMUNITY IN PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTS FROM FINE ART FESTIVALS TO MUSIC CONCERTS, PERFORMING PERFORMANCE ARTS, AND TO VIEWING PUBLIC ARTS IN PUBLIC SPACES.
HAVE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATION EXPOSING YOUTH TO A RICH CULTURE OF ART.
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MY SLOGAN HAS BEEN, UM,WHAT IF A FEW WEEKS AGO, MY GRANDSON TOOK HIS CHILDREN, HIS TWO GIRLS FOR THE AFTERNOON, AND THEY WENT TO THE PARK.
IT WASN'T A HUDDLE PARK, IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE A ROUND ROCK PARK.
AND I SAID, WELL, HOW DID YOU ENJOY YOURSELF? AND HE SAID, WELL, WE HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.
I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAYS, WELL, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS AND THEY WERE VAPING AND THEY WERE USING INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE.
SO
SO I WOULD SAY, WHAT IF THESE SAME CATEGORY OF BORED KIDS WERE PRACTICING FOR AN OPEN MIC IN A RECEPTIVE CAFE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAD SOMETHING TO DO, SOMETHING TO WORK FOR.
SUPPOSE THOSE SAME KIDS WERE IN A PLAY THAT THEY HAD BEEN PRACTICING WITH A, WITH A, WITH A GROUP WITH THEATER, AND THEY WERE PRACTIC.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AND VAPE AND CUSS AND WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING OVER THERE.
SO, UM, WHAT IF TOURISM PROMOTED IN AUSTIN? WHAT IF TOURISTS WOULD ATTEND, WOULD EXTEND THEIR STAY BECAUSE THEY HEARD ABOUT A LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OR SOME KIND OF, UM, ART FESTIVAL.
AND I THINK THAT'S IN, IN A BUSINESS SENSE, BEING ABLE TO, TO BEEF UP THE PEOPLE THAT STAY HERE AND WANNA STAY HERE OR WANNA COME HERE.
SOMETIMES I SIT, SIT OUT THERE AND, UM, WAIT FOR MY GRANDSON.
'CAUSE HE WORKS AT THE POST OFFICE.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM IF YOU USED TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE.
ANYWAY, WE SIT OUT, PICK HIM UP SOMETIME, AND I LOVE THIS LITTLE WATER SCENE HERE AND HAD COMPANY.
AND WE WENT OUT TO, UM, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT HERE? UM, DRIVING ON THE WATER.
JACK ALLENS, RIGHT? AND SO I TOOK A PICTURE OF MY GIRLFRIEND AND YOU COULDN'T SEE WHERE WE WERE.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE SOMEPLACE DIFFERENT ON VACATION BECAUSE ALL YOU SAW WAS THE WATER IN THE WATER STOP.
AND I SAID, HMM, WE'RE INTO SOMETHING HERE.
AND SO I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE VIEW.
WHAT IF LOCALS AND VISITORS COULD MINGLE WITH GORGEOUS PUBLIC ART, RIGHT OUT HERE AND AROUND HUDA SOME OF, SOME OF ELIZABETH STATUES, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM TAKING PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE STATUES, UH, ON VACATION.
AND VAL, OH, WE'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AGAIN.
WHAT?
AND IT WAS A, A REAL BRICK AND MORTAR PLACE, NOT IN MY HEAD, BUT A REAL PLACE THAT PEOPLE COULD GATHER.
YOUNG PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE ALL AGES FOR ALL DIFFERENT EVENTS AND CLASSES, ET CETERA.
EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH A SMALL STEP.
BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY TO BEGIN.
AND AS FAST AS HOW IS GROWING, WE HAVE A BIT OF CATCHING UP TO DO.
UH, WHAT IF THIS A STEP IN THIS DIRECTION RESULTED IN A CULTURAL FUTURE FOR HUDU THAT PUT US ON INTERNET LISTS LIKE THE 30 MOST CREATIVE CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, OR WHEN GOOGLING HOW TO SHOWED UP AS THE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK, LEARN, HAVE FUN, ENJOY, AND PARTICIPATE IN A UNIQUE ART CULTURE AND TO DO BUSINESS IN SUPPORT OF THOSE ARTS.
ANYWAY, WHAT IF, OKAY, SO, AND I LOVE THE WHAT IF I'M ALL ABOUT THAT, AND NOW I'M GONNA BACK IT UP WITH DATA.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, UM, WE WANT TO BRING ART TO THAT IS OUR MISSION.
UM, BUT THERE IS SOME DATA BEHIND THIS.
SO DEFINITELY TOWNS THAT INVEST IN THE ARTS, THEY START TO SEE HIGHER TEST SCORES.
UM, THEY, WE ARE SEE RIGHT HERE, 150 BILL,
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151 BILLION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.UM, AND COMMUNITIES WITH ART PROGRAMS REPORT A STRONGER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO I'M FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND IT WAS, ART WAS PART OF, YOU KNOW, US GROWING UP.
WE HAD OUR, UH, TICKETS TO THE THEATER.
I PARTICIPATED IN ART IN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, NOW BEING HERE IN HU TO IT IS VERY STEM HEAVY.
AND ALSO HAVING SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, I SAW A LOT OF GRANTS GOING TO STEM AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A PLACE FOR ART AND EXPRESSION.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR THIS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SEE NOW HOW THIS LOOKS IN ACTION, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TOWNS, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO SOME MARKET RESEARCH.
WHAT OTHER TOWNS HAVE SAID, HEY, WE'RE ON BOARD WITH BECOMING A QUOTE UNQUOTE ART TOWN.
UM, AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO ELIZABETH TO TELL YOU MORE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S ME UP THERE, RIGHT? UH, LAST MONTH, EVERY ONE OF HER STATUES,
LAST MONTH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL THE SCULPTURE IN BAY TOWN'S, UH, SCULPTURE TRAIL.
NOW, I ALSO GREW UP IN HOUSTON.
AND I COULD TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NEVER GONE TO BAYTOWN.
I DROVE PAST IT BECAUSE ALL I KNEW OF BAYTOWN WERE REFINERIES.
SO BAYTOWN
AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 25 SCULPTURES AND MINI MURALS DOWNTOWN.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHEN I, WHEN I TALKED TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UH, EVEN THE MAYOR IN BAYTOWN WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE, THEY SAID THAT BRINGING PUBLIC ART, IT DEFINITELY BROUGHT TOURISM TO THE AREA.
UH, PEOPLE FROM HOUSTON, FROM GALVESTON, FROM THE, THE SISTER CITIES WERE ACTUALLY COMING TO BAYTOWN THAT WOULD NEVER COME TO VISIT BEFORE.
RIGHT? UM, WHILE WE WERE INSTALLING THE ARTWORK, WE SAW KIDS, UH, GETTING READY FOR PROM AND POSING BY ALL THE PITCH, UH, SCULPTURES, TAKING PICTURES POSING BY THE MURALS.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE KIDS RUNNING AROUND.
BUT WHAT WAS AMAZING TO ME WAS HEARING PEOPLE, THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I WANTED TO ASK, I MEAN, DOES BRINGING PUBLIC ART ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? DO PEOPLE REALLY COME FORWARD? AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY DID BECAUSE THEY CAME FOR THE ART, BUT THEY STAYED AND SUPPORTED THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO THEY CAME TO VISIT, BUT THEY ATE AND THEY SHOPPED.
UM, SO THAT JUST WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE AND SEE HOW THEY HIT HEADPHONES.
SO THESE ARE SOME MORE OF THE, UM, SCULPTURES AND THE MURALS.
UM, THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES.
THAT'S HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY TOO.
UM, AND THE, THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER.
YOU KNOW, MORE MURALS ARE GOING UP, UM, AND MORE PUBLIC ART.
UM, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE BEHIND IN THAT CURVE.
WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARKING GARAGE OUT HERE,
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TOWNS, I PUT THE POPULATION NEXT TO IT JUST SO WE YOU HAD AN IDEA OR A SENSE OF COMPARING IT TO HUDU.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT KIND OF OVERALL THEME, YOU KNOW, IS HUDU A TOWN THAT IS ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND IT, DOES IT HAVE A LIVABILITY ABOUT IT? IS IT LIKE GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA? UM, IF YOU LOOK AT A TOWN IN KENTUCKY, THEY ACTUALLY WENT AS FAR AS CREATING A ARTIST RELOCATION PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS A POPULATION OF 26,000.
SO BASICALLY THE, UM, ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD GET, UH, I GUESS WHAT IS IT CALLED? BUT THEY WOULD, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GET HOUSING FOR A DIFFERENT PRICING BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO BRING MORE ARTISTS INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS SUCH, UH, A WIN-WIN FOR THE TOWN AS WELL.
SO WHAT'S AT STAKE IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO GET ON THE BANDWAGON OF ART? UM, WE ARE FACED WITH COMMUNITY DISENGAGEMENT.
I I'M SURE YOU HEAR IT ON ALL OF THE FACEBOOK FEEDS.
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TO DO HERE.UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE CHANGE THAT? UM, THIS IS A LOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE SO MUCH CREATIVITY HERE, BUT IF THERE IS NO OUTLET, WE WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I KNOW MY HUSBAND AND I, WE GO INTO AUSTIN EVERY WEEKEND.
UM, LACK OF CONNECTION, COMPASSION, AND IDENTITY.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE MET THESE FINE PEOPLE IF WE HAD NO ART ORGANIZATION.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO COME HERE TODAY AND MEET WITH YOU IN THIS TYPE OF FORUM, UM, THIS IS HOW ART CAN BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.
AND BUILDING ON THAT, WHAT IF, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT, A GREAT SLOGAN TO, TO, TO LIVE BY AND TO STRIVE FOR.
WHAT IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PARK UP HERE BY THE NAME OF ADAM ORAIN.
WHAT IF WE HAVE, IT'S GONNA START OFF SMALL.
WE KNOW EVERY, EVERY, EVERY, EVERY JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES STARTS WITH A SINGLE STEP.
SO WE HAVE TO START OUT VERY SMALL.
WHAT IF WE HAVE AND START BUILDING A SOUTH BY? SO WHAT, LIKE THEY HAVE IN AUSTIN, EXCEPT WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE DO IT A START OUT SMALL, START BUILDING IT UP.
Y'ALL DON'T REALIZE, AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS, C3 PRODUCTIONS PUTS OUT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, I'M SORRY, THEY PUT OUT ACL FESTIVAL TWICE A YEAR.
THEY GIVE THE PARKS FOUNDATION IN AUSTIN, $3.2 MILLION EACH TIME.
THAT'S SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY GIVE TO THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION TO NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF ZILKER PARK FOR THE GRASS THAT THEY'VE TRAVELED, BUT THEY CAN USE IT FOR ANY OTHER PARK THAT THEY NEED ANYTHING FOR.
PLUS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MAKES THE RENTAL OFF THE PARK THAT THEY ACTUALLY USE.
THAT 3.2 MILLION IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER THEY PAY FOR THE PARK FOR THOSE TWO WEEKENDS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON WITH THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE, THAT WE COULD BUILD IT UP TO WHERE 20 YEARS, I, I WAS, WHO WAS, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY OUTSIDE BEFORE WE CAME IN HERE, AND SHE SAID THE TWO BEST TIMES TO TO TO PLANT A TREE IS 20 YEARS AGO.
SO YOU HAVE NICE SHADE NOW, AND RIGHT NOW THE TWO BEST TIMES, BUT TO PLANT A TREE.
SO WHY NOT PLANT A SEED TODAY? WE, WE CAN'T GO BACK TO 20 YEARS AGO AND PLANT A SEED.
SO WHY NOT START IT TODAY? AND THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE INTO WHAT WE WANNA DO, LOOKING AHEAD.
UM, SO THIS COMING YEAR YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW TO ARGUE TODAY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, ELIZABETH, I'VE BEEN TALKING, SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE AT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, CREATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT.
UH, WE WANT TO BRING ARTISTS TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO CREATE KIND OF THIS NETWORK, UM, SO ARTISTS CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER ARTISTS.
UM, AND WE WANNA SPOTLIGHT LOCAL TALENT.
OUR FUNDING SOURCES ARE COMMUNITY DONATIONS, EVENT TICKET SALES, CORPORATE SPONSORS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO PURSUING GRANTS, UM, MORE SPECIFICALLY NEXT YEAR WE WANT TO HAVE A MURAL FESTIVAL AT THE MURAL FESTIVAL.
WE WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ART SHOW.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS INCREASING TOURISM.
AND THEN FOR THE COMMUNITY ART SHOW, THIS IS REALLY A SERVICE TO OUR, OUR CITY WHERE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN COME AND PUT THEIR OWN ART IN AND IF THEY WIN, THEY GET A PRIZE.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, UH, A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
SO WHAT WE SEE FOR US WORKING TOGETHER AS A NONPROFIT 5 0 1 C THROUGH WITH THE CITY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE, BASICALLY THIS IS US TELLING YOU WE'RE HERE, WE EXIST AND WE HAVE, UH, THE RIGHT SETUP TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
UM, WE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A OFFICIAL ART ADVISOR IN THE CITY.
UM, WE WANT TO HELP WITH ANY TYPE OF PROMOTION WITH NEWSLETTERS OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN ASSIST, UM, IN ANY TYPE OF MARKETING ACCESS TO RESOURCES? CURRENTLY WHEN WE HAVE AUDITIONS FOR PLAYS OR WHEN WE WANT TO GET OUR ARTISTS TOGETHER, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE.
AND SO WE WOULD LOVE SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE CAN ACCESS THE LIBRARY OR BE ABLE TO GO INTO A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SPACE EASILY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, ELIGIBILITY FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND TAX FUNDS.
SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, SUBMIT FOR AS WELL AS OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING.
UM, WE, GOING BACK TO THE, THE SLIDE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A MURAL FESTIVAL IN THE NEXT YEAR AND WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE AN ART SHOW.
UM, AND JUST LONG TERM PLANNING IS, ARTS IS PART OF
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A LONG-TERM GOAL.WE'D LIKE TO BE AT LEAST HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BE ABLE TO PUT IN SOME OF OUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND YEAH, I THINK JUST INSPIRE THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC ART.
AND I INVITE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM NOW.
SO WHAT EVENTS HAVE Y'ALL ALREADY, UH, DONE? I SEE THAT Y'ALL POSSIBLY DID THE ONE FROM THE PHOTOS AND AT THE GEN
UM, AND I JUST KIND OF GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE KIND OF ALREADY KICK STARTED TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE WERE THERE FOR THE, FOR THE NON-PROFIT, UH, THING THAT THE CITY PUT ON.
BUT WE DID HAVE, UH, FELIX THERE WITH HIS MURAL.
AND WE HAD ELIZABETH THERE DOING, UM, SCULPTURE OF ROSES.
ROSES, UH, WITH LEAVES AND ALL THAT THEY COULD TAKE WITH THEM.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A, A, A RLE WHERE WE, LET'S SEE, THERE WAS A 3D PRINTED HIPPO, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU THINK, MAN, I THINK'S HEAVY AND YOU PICK IT UP.
UH, AND WE HAD A A, A LER THAT MY WIFE MADE AND WE JUST TALKED TO PEOPLE.
THAT WAS THE, THE ONE THING THAT WE DID.
AS WITH ANYTHING, OF COURSE IT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PLANT A SEED YOU HAVE TO WATER IT AND WE HAVE THE SEED, BUT THE WATER FOR US IS RIGHT.
SO HOW DO OUR TODAY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2014 AND IT'S COME IN WAYS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS.
IN 2014 WE DID A LOT MORE THEATER PRODUCTIONS.
UH, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SAT, UM, WAS ONE OF THE THEATER TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE DID, YOU KNOW, YOUR GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN.
UM, REALLY IT WAS HOW DO WE CAST THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND IT WAS USUALLY OVER THE SUMMERTIME.
SO WE WOULD USE THE FACILITY WHEN IT WAS EMPTY.
UM, WHEN 2020 HIT, IT JUST KIND OF EVERYONE DISPERSED AND JUST KIND OF GETTING OUR BEARINGS BACK.
WE HAVE DONE SCHOLARSHIPS AND WE HAVE DONE GRANTS, UM, PARTNERED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP WITH THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ACCEPTING FUNDS AND ALSO BEING GOOD STEWARDS, DOCUMENTING, KNOWING HOW TO ALSO ISSUE IT BACK OUT.
YEAH, I THINK IF FOR Y'ALL, IT'S ABOUT FUNDING AND KIND OF GETTING JUST ELEVATED A LITTLE BIT SO Y'ALL CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE.
OBVIOUSLY THE HOT TAX FUNDS AND THEN OUTSIDE AGENCY, WHICH IS OPEN NOW.
I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF BOOST, BOOST YOU UP IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE DO AND MOVE UP.
DO YOU, DO YOU, I REMEMBER MEETING THE TWO OF Y'ALL AT THE, UM, BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I MET YOU, BUT NO.
AT THE BOARDS OF INHIBITIONS, UM, STATEMENT AND STUFF.
SO, AND IS IS THE, IS THIS TOP OF MIND FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW? AM I ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS BACK? IS THAT AHEAD? YEAH.
IS THIS TOP OF MIND OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN ON YOUR RADAR AS SOME SOMETHING TO BRING TO HEATHER? IT'S NEEDED.
I, I THINK TOP OF MIND IS ROPES.
THAT'S ANYTHING OTHER THAN ROADS PLAY ABOUT ROPES.
THE, TO BRING OUT MESSAGE, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I, WE CAN BUILD THE ROPE GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
WE NEED THAT BECAUSE WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED INSTEAD OF JUST STAYING IN A DISTANCE.
AND, AND AND JUST KIND OF BEING IN THEIR HOME.
FOR, SO IF THAT ACTUALLY, FOR SURE.
I DO THINK THE NEXT THING IS, I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT THINGS TO DO IN OR LOCAL.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC'S SO BAD, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT 15 MINUTE DRIVE AND THEY, THEY CAN'T CROSS SEVEN NINE AT THAT TIME.
AND I, I PERSONALLY, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO COME UP WITH EVENTS AND I ALWAYS TEND TO BE ONE THAT PUSHES BACK ON CITY LED EVENTS BECAUSE ONE, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK AND THEN THEY WORK THE WEEKEND.
AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE TRYING HARD TO DO AN EVENT.
AS WE TALKED BEFORE WHEN, WHEN WE WERE DOING A HUDDLE, HUDDLE, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION, THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT ON EVENT, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY, NOT THEIR PASSION, BUT THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO DO IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT EVENTS.
AND TO ME TO EMPOWER THE 5 0 1 C3 GROUPS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN HELP, I WOULD THINK AS A CITY WE COULD HELP KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME MONEY, HELP YOU THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
'CAUSE YOU START NOW SIX MONTHS LATER, YOU MAY STILL BE PERMITTING, THEN GET THROUGH SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE THINGS TO WHERE WE, THAT'S THE THINGS WE KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY ASSETS.
THEN YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THE SEVEN OF US GOT TOGETHER AND TRIED TO PUT ON A SCULPTURE SHOW
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IT, IT, IT WOULD SUCK.RIGHT? NO ONE WOULD WANT TO GO.
'CAUSE THEY'D GO, THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND SAY IF WE DID ART OR IF WE DID, YOU KNOW, A PAINTING THING OR IF WE DID MUSIC.
UM, AND THEN I I'LL THIS, THIS, I THINK THERE IS A HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IF DONE RIGHT? GROWING UP IN MISSOURI, UM, WE HAD A THEME, I THINK IT STARTED AROUND THE MIDWEST.
AND THEY MADE THESE HUGE GIANT COWS AND, AND LOCAL ARTISTS PAINTED THEM.
AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, THEY WERE LIKE, THESE BUSINESSES WERE SPONSORING 'EM AND THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
AND THEN IT WENT ON, LIKE IT WENT ON THIS TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEN THEY STARTED SELLING FIGURINES OF COWS HIPPO PARADE.
AND YEAH, THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK DONE TO WHERE, UM, PEOPLE GO BACK AND IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK PEOPLE FORGET WHERE IT CAME FROM, BUT EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF IT.
AND I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES IN HU TO WHERE, LIKE I LIVED IN GREENVILLE AND THEY HAVE A HUGE ART SCENE AND IT'S PAID FOR PREDOMINANTLY NOT BY THE CITY.
IT'S PAID FOR BY EVENTS THAT GET PUT ON.
AND THEY'RE MASSIVE EVENTS FALL FOR GREENVILLE ARTIST SPHERE TALKING.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY MAKE ACL PERRY LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
AND THEY SPEND OO MONEY AND IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE NON-PROFITS.
THEY'RE ALL RAN BY NONPROFITS.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY HERE BECAUSE FLICKERVILLE IS REALLY NOT DOING IT.
AND I THINK THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 TO DO SOMETHING THAT BASICALLY PEOPLE FLICKERVILLE SAY, WE CAN'T COMPETE.
WE JUST GO TO HU ROUND ROCK PEOPLE AT GEORGETOWN.
AND THEN THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY AND YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, CATHERINE, THEY'RE STAYING IN THE HOTELS OR EATING JACK ALLENS HAS GOTTA WAIT 'CAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE WE DON'T RECOGNIZE ARE IN THERE.
SO I DO AGREE A LITTLE BIT OF SEED, SOME WATERING.
UM, AND I THINK WE DID A GREAT STEP WITH THE HOT FUNDS.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE AMOUNT, YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE AMOUNT THAT 5%? FIVE.
SO NOT A LOT TODAY, BUT WE GOT ONE HUB, ONE MORE HOTEL IN CONSTRUCTION, A COUPLE MORE IN DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I THINK THAT SHOWS A COMMITMENT OF AT LEAST OR RUNNING THE WATER LINE TO START WATERING MM-HMM
UM, AND FROM THERE WE ALSO HAVE OTHER AVENUES THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR CERTAIN EVENTS.
ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE FROM THE HO ARTS TODAY IS TO BE THE SIMPLE POINT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY THAT DECORATE HIPPOS, UM, AND THEN BUSINESSES THAT DO.
BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING IF THEY COULD, YOU COULD PARTNER WITH THE, THE CHAMBER THAT SELLS THE HIPPO OR OTHER BUSINESSES, BUT THEN TO DO THE PAINTING OF THEM SO THAT YOU GET THE FUNDS FROM THE ARTIST GROUP, YOU KNOW, GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSIONATE.
AND THEN MAYBE YOU SAID FELIX IS REALLY GOOD AT WEB DESIGN.
YEAH, WE, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS LIKE A HIPPO CRAY OF SOME INTERESTING HIPPOS, BUT THE WEB LEVEL THAT YOU COULD HAVE IT, THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM MM-HMM
AND THEN THAT'S FOR KIDS DRIVING AROUND AND IF WE GET A LOT MORE THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD MAYBE BE A SEED FUND FOR THAT TO TIE IT, UM, AND GROW FROM THERE AS WELL AS, UH, MORE BUSINESSES COME IN AND THEN THEY'RE SPONSORING THE ARTS PROGRAM TO GET THEIR HIPPO DESIGN TO PUT THEIR BUSINESS AND ITS FUNDING'S COMING TO YOU DIRECTLY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'D BE SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK FOR AS WELL.
AND TO THIS POINT, I COULD SEE SOME OF THAT.
I THINK WE MAINTAIN THAT, DON'T WE? WE DO.
BUT IT'S ON A CITY WEBSITE, WHEREAS UNLIKE IF IT'S NOW ON Y'ALL THE WEBSITE AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH.
TO ME THAT'S SOMETHING TO WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING IT, WE'RE DOING OKAY AND IT'S MAYBE NOT UPDATED, BUT IF WE GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL AND IT HELPS DRIVE PEOPLE TO YOUR WEBSITE AND YOU ALL MAINTAIN IT, THEN WE'RE FREEING UP CITY RESOURCES TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND INSTEAD OF EXPANDING OUR, OUR EMPLOYMENT COUNT, WE'RE JUST LIKE, HEY, THERE'S A GROUP OUT THERE THAT WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO DO THIS, AND THEN YOU GUYS SEE A BENEFIT AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO WHERE BASICALLY YOU'RE DOING ALL THE WORK, YOU GET TO GLORY AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS, HEY, HERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER CUP OF WATER FOR THE TREE.
UM, LET'S SEE IT GROW TYPE THING BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BUILDING PERMITS THAT ARE COMING.
SO YOU'D GET A HEAD LOOK OF WHEN THEY'RE COMING.
AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE COULD THEN HELP GIVE YOU THE, THE LEADS FOR THE, THE HIPPO THING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE I, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY WITH PUBLIC ART, BUT IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S LOCAL RESOURCES, THEY'LL GO OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, THE ARTISTS HERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, AMAZING TALENT THAT WE COULD PULL FROM.
GREENVILLE'S GOT THIS LITTLE MOUSE THEY HIDE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BITTY MOUSE.
AND PEOPLE SPEND A WHOLE WEEKEND TRYING TO SEE WHERE THE MICE ARE AT
AND SO YOU GET OLDER AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
BUT THE KICK GET A KICK OUT OF IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'RE BUYING CANDY AND AN ICE CREAM AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPENDING A WHOLE DAY THERE AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BROKE.
BUT ALL THAT OVER SOME LITTLE METAL MICE THAT SOMEONE DESIGNED, THEY MADE AND CAME UP WITH A STORY.
AND TO ME THAT'S KIND OF THE PART OF THE ART THING IS YEAH.
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LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.AND UM, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BEING A BOARD MEMBER, NO
I, I HAVE, UH, A LOT OF VETERAN EXPERIENCE AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS HUGE ON VETERANS AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY ART PROGRAMS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY THERAPEUTIC.
COULD YOU, I, I KNOW YOU'RE A VETERAN, COULD YOU KIND OF REACH OUT TO VA UH, MAYBE THE, ANY OF THE VETERAN ADVOCACY GROUPS IN WILLIAMS COUNTY AND LOOK AT THAT AS A POSSIBLE WATER SOURCE.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A HUGE VETERAN POPULATION IN THE AREA.
YOU KNOW, UH, I, I PAINT THAT HELPS.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S SCULPTORS AND WELDERS AND MUSICIANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND IF THE VA WANTS TO THROW A FEW DOLLARS YOUR WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR VETERANS AND IT'S ABOUT VETERANS, WHY NOT? YEAH.
LIZ, DO YOU HAVE APPLICATIONS? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEMBER HERE.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AND WE'LL BE AROUND, WE ARE, WE'RE HERE SHY, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL ELIZABETH AND DODGE HER ALSO JASMINE, I DO WANT TO, UH, GIVE Y'ALL A HEADS UP TO THAT.
UM, NEXT YEAR THIS CITY WILL BE CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF CUDO.
SO MAYBE Y'ALL CAN PLAY A BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG, SMALL, HOWEVER YOU LIKE, RIGHT? YEAH.
Y'ALL CAN UM, HAVE SOME GREAT, UM, INTERACTION WITH THAT.
HOW DO YOU SAY THAT WORD SAYS CONTINUAL.
THAT WOULD BE TIME TO HAVE A MURAL DESIGN INCORPORATED IN 19.
BUT SO HOW CAN WE BE HUNDRED 50 YEARS? UH, IT'S ALL, IT'S THE FOUNDING OF THE FOUNDING.
THAT WAY YOU COULD HAVE IT TWICE.
SO DID THEY KIND OF PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR AS JUST DON'T DO IT? JEFF PHILLIPS CREW DID? NO, UM, ANYBODY HERE WAS HERE IN 2011.
DID YOU GO TO THE CENTENNIAL
YOU CHARGED 10 BUCKS A TICKET.
FIRST ACT WAS DALE WATSON FROM AUSTIN.
FIFTH ACT WAS LOS LONELY VOICE.
IN BRIDGE PARK AT 10 BUCKS A PIECE.
IT DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO PAYING FOR WHAT? TWO OF THOSE MUSIC BLACKS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY LOST THEIR ASS ON THAT ONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT US SPENDING MONEY AND NOT MAKING MONEY.
SO WE HAVE A HARD TIME SPENDING MONEY.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.
IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY AND THE MUSIC WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? IT WAS THE HUNDREDTH YEAR OF HU'S INCORPORATION GOT, GOT GOT, WE INCORPORATED IN 1911.
ALRIGHT, ITEM THREE, TWO DISCUSSION.
[3.2. Discussion and possible action related to Work Session topics]
POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO WORK SESSION TOPICS.WE HAVE ANYTHING THERE WE NEED TO NO OBJECTIONS.
WANNA CHAT ABOUT SOMETHING? 39.