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The City of Seattle
Resolution
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A resolution creating an Arts and Cultural District in the Columbia Hillman City neighborhood of Seattle.
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Resolution 31555 created a city-wide program of Arts and Cultural Districts, to be managed by the Office of Arts and Culture.
The Seattle Comprehensive Plan calls for the support of Arts and Cultural Districts as a means to "support arts and cultural uses and the economic benefits they provide," and encourages the City to "allow regulations and incentives to be adopted specifically for designated cultural districts," and to "allow adopted guidelines or regulations to modify, exempt, or supersede the standards of the underlying zone to encourage arts and cultural uses."
According to the 2025 budget report issued by ArtsFund, the creative sector within the ZIP code encompassing Columbia City and Hillman Cirt generated more than $7 million in earned revenue and received just over $8.5 million in contributed revenue, underscoring the substantial economic and community impact of arts and cultural activity in the district.
Arts and entertainment related businesses and organizations add cultural and economic diversity to a city, enhancing the lives of the city's residents and visitors, and positively impact the city's economy by generating jobs and revenue.
The City wishes to recognize and protect its culturally rich and arts areas from the displacement that the twin successes of growth and new development often bring.
Columbia and Hillman Cities are home to a wide array of cultural and arts organizations, including SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) and SEEDArts, which organized and hosted the initial District designation conversations, as well as Columbia City Theater, Ark Lodge Cinema, Royal Room, Rainier Arts Center, Igimo Art Station, Southside Commons, Rainier Valley Historical Society, Jazz Night Scho...
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