by Rich Smith • Dec 15, 2020 at 10:10 am
Some of that better be for the arts! Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images
Well here s some good news for Seattle s rapidly collapsing cultural sector: After a process that began about a year before she came into office, on Tuesday Mayor Jenny Durkan signed a charter establishing the Cultural Space Agency (CSA). Sponsored Tickets $15-$250. Aphrodesia delivery menu, incredible auction items, live streamed performances.
Seattle cultural space liaison Matt Richter said the new, independent, mission-driven public development authority will operate as a developer with a conscience.
Along with fulfilling other possible property acquisition and management roles, the CSA will lease spaces, buy buildings or shares in buildings, and partner with members of Seattle s cultural community to control those spaces. The agency essentially aims to slow displacement and prevent big corpor