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LARAC is among the groups involved in organizing an Arts District in Glens Falls.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

BY BARBARA PINCKNEY<\/p>\n

A $50,000 federal grant may put plans for the
\nArts District of Glens Falls on the fast track,
\nbut will not decide its fate.
\nThe Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
\nhas applied to the National Endowment for
\nthe Arts for an “Our Town” grant, the purpose
\nof which is to strengthen a community through
\nthe arts.<\/p>\n

The plan is to use the $50,000, plus $50,000
\nin matching funds, to support the creation of
\nan arts district in downtown Glens Falls. “We decided the best thing we could do for
\nthe community, and for the organizations,
\nwould be to link all of us together with a trail
\npeople could follow,” said Ellen Butz, director
\nof LARAC. “Glens Falls is a small, walkable city.
\nA person could have a lovely day walking to the
\ndifferent destinations and having some great
\nmeals along the way because the restaurant
\nscene has become really good here.”
\nThe plan calls for a physical trail with markers
\nin the sidewalks every few blocks, to lead
\nvisitors from Glen Street–with the Charles
\nR. Wood Theater<\/a>, Folklife Center at Crandall
\nPublic Library, and Chapman Historical Museum–
\nto the Hyde Collection and the World
\nAwareness Children’s Museum on Warren
\nStreet. Other stops would include the Shirt
\nFactory Arts and Healing Center, on Lawrence
\nStreet; NorthCountryARTS on Ridge Street; and
\nLARAC’s gallery on Lapham Place.<\/p>\n

The Art District would cover about one square mile.
\n“Also, because these days everyone gets their
\ninformation from their phone, part of the grant
\nwould be for developing an app that would take
\nyou from site to site and guide you through this
\ntrail electronically,” Butz said.<\/p>\n

LARAC will not know if it won the grant until
\nat least July 15. But even if it does not, the plan
\nwill move forward, she said.
\n“We love this project so much that even if
\nwe don’t receive the grant we plan to go ahead with it, working with the city,” Butz said.<\/p>\n

“We
\nmay have to do it piecemeal over a period of
\nyears, but we think this is just too good an idea
\nnot to follow through with, regardless of the
\noutcome of the grant.”<\/p>\n

The discussion between LARAC and the
\nother arts organizations started a few years
\nago, after Glens Falls received a grant from
\nthe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
\nDevelopment to explore its strengths as a city.
\nWhat the consultants came up with was that
\nGlens Falls is the “arts and cultural gateway to
\nthe Adirondacks.”<\/p>\n

“That was when the arts organizations
\nstarted meeting, and we realized that collectively
\nwe could do more for the city than any
\nof us could do alone,” Butz said.<\/p>\n

In addition to the organizations mentioned,
\nparticipants also include Adirondack Theatre
\nFestival, Art in the Public Eye, Feeder Canal
\nAlliance, Glens Falls Civic Center and Glens
\nFalls Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

“We asked ourselves, how can we promote
\nGlens Falls as a whole as a destination for arts
\nand culture?” Butz said. “Of all the possible
\nprojects we could do, this [Arts District walking
\ntrail] was the one we thought would benefit the
\ncity and the arts organizations the most. The
\ncity really saw it as an opportunity.”<\/p>\n

If the grant is obtained, LARAC and its partners
\nstill would have to come up with $50,000
\nin matching funds and in-kind donations. The
\ncity has committed to a $25,000 in-kind contribution
\nof improvements to the sidewalks,
\nincluding curb cuts and bike racks, as well as
\nthe trail’s physical markers, such as banners
\nand plaques, which would be designed and
\nproduced by local artists.<\/p>\n

The Glens Falls Business Improvement
\nDistrict is expected to contribute $6,000, and
\nthe Sandy Hill Foundation will put in $3,500.
\nThe remaining $15,500 would be raised from
\nbusinesses, individuals and arts organizations.<\/p>\n

“We designed this project to serve people who
\nlive here and help enhance the livability of the
\ncommunity,” Butz said. “To draw more people
\nhere to live and work, and also for tourism. To
\nmake it easy for tourists to find all the wonderful
\nthings we have available here.”<\/p>\n

Under the rules of the Our Town grant, work
\nwould not get underway until October. Butz said
\nthe project should take about two years.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy LARAC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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