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• <br /> September 29, 2021 <br /> So next year, we plan to bring more public art into the city. We're evaluating our <br /> current rotating art collection to bring in some new pieces, including some <br /> interactive sculptures as well as an Indigenous piece,to complement our council's <br /> recent action to add a land acknowledgement at their meetings. This piece will <br /> acknowledge the land on which Everett rests and the Indigenous Peoples who first <br /> called this area home. It will honor the sacred spiritual connection that the original <br /> inhabitants of this place and their successors have with these lands and waters. <br /> And we'll continue to invest in our important Cultural Arts grant program. This <br /> program provides essential resources to local arts organizations to expand arts <br /> education and programming throughout the city. If you've seen the new mural at <br /> Clark Park or visited Nubian Jam this year, then you've seen how these grants help <br /> bring art and events to life. This year, one of our cultural arts grants helped repair <br /> and provide musical instruments to kids in local public schools, empowering the <br /> next generation of artists in Everett. <br /> We're also working with our cultural arts commissioners on a public art project <br /> • <br /> that will capture our shared experience of this pandemic. This artist-led project <br /> will invite the community to participate and will culminate in a new public art <br /> piece at the Evergreen Library. <br /> Engaged & informed community <br /> It's important for people to feel connected to their community, especially during <br /> a pandemic like this that has changed how we typically meet, socialize, gather and <br /> connect. <br /> Our Everett Public Library in particular has excelled at helping people connect, and <br /> I've been impressed with the quality, caliber and diversity of virtual programs <br /> we've added to keep people of all ages engaged and learning. Whether it's hearing <br /> from a local crime author, exploring native plants with an expert, or learning how <br /> to make Nanaimo bars—the library has offered something for everyone at a time <br /> we all have needed new ways to connect. <br /> My proposed budget adds a full-time fundraiser for the library to ensure the <br /> library's growth and sustainability now and into the future. We've learned from <br /> • <br /> 8 <br />