Arts center as community benefit

Executive director of Kainos described the Center for Creativity's inclusive arts program and asked the city to help establish a permanent arts center.

Center for Creativity volunteer cited a 2,300-person survey showing 83% support for an arts center and a feasibility study projecting 76% earned-revenue coverage; asked for help finding a site.

Thirty-two-year resident urged that a permanent arts center be included among Stanford community benefits, possibly paired with affordable housing and a library makerspace.

Center for Creativity board member urged the council to include a permanent arts center among community benefits for the Stanford project and other developments.

Former Stanford researcher and Center for Creativity volunteer cited research linking arts access to educational and well-being outcomes and asked that arts be a standard community benefit.

Art instructor and Make and Take coordinator described the inclusive pilot program and asked for an accessible, inclusive permanent arts center for all ages and abilities.

Longtime arts educator and Stanford alum described decades of arts education work and urged Stanford to partner in bringing an art center to Redwood City.

Retired art teacher and Center for Creativity board member cited research on arts and mental well-being and called an arts center an investment in community health.

New resident and Center for Creativity volunteer cited Americans for the Arts research and asked the council to help make a permanent arts center a reality.