After 17 months of work over three project phases and engagement with over 1,200 members of the Indianapolis music community, the Indy Music Strategy was officially unveiled to the public on April 6, 2021, laying out a plan to ensure Indianapolis emerges from the COVID-19 crisis as a world-class music city.
As was originally reported by NUVO in 2019, Indy Chamber, alongside Central Indiana Community Foundation, City of Indianapolis, and Visit Indy began work on the Indy Music Strategy in 2019, having international consultancy Sound Diplomacy advise the process. In order to develop a strategy that was accurate and honest, Sound Diplomacy looked at Indyâs music community from a myriad of angles, including a regulatory assessment, an ecological impact assessment, and an economic impact assessment. All of the findings from this research can now be found in an in-depth, 142-page report, which is laid out more concisely via this executive summary.