Creative City ...
Enhancing our Cultural Infrastructure

Creative City Fund Program

The Creative City Fund (CCF) encourages new, creative and visionary projects through community collaborations that foster community capacity building, move in new directions and/or promote City of London corporate initiatives, while furthering London's economic prosperity through cultural vitality. The list of 2009 recipients of City funding are available on our website. Please check back in the spring for information regarding the 2010 application process.

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Background

In August 2004, "Culture" was identified as one of the six priorities of City Council's Community Strategic Agenda. The Culture sector encompasses theatre, visual arts, fine crafts, music, dance, cinema and video, heritage, museums, sports and libraries in addition to such aspects as cultural tourism and marketing strategies and ethno-cultural diversity.

Enhancement of our cultural infrastructure will assist the City of London in strategically positioning itself within the top rank of Canadian municipalities.

The Creative City movement recognizes the importance knowledge-intensive industries such as film and television, publishing, information technology, biomedical research, education and new media have on promoting the growth and economic success of a city.

To advance this strategic priority, London City Council approved the formation of a Creative City Task Force in September 2004. To assist the Task Force, the City also put together a Working Group representing many of London's top leaders in the cultural sector. The Creative City Committee was established by the Municipal Council on February 5, 2007, to further the Enriched Cultural Identity Strategic Priority of Council.

Use the links below to access the Creative City Task Force Report as well as background information that includes meeting notes.

The City now has a Cultural Office within the Chief Administrative Officer's Department and Council support of the the Task Force's recommendations includes substantially increased dollars for a Heritage Property Tax Reduction Program, the Community Arts Investment Program and the Urban Forest and New Trees Initiative as well as a Place-making Demonstration Project.