Meeting papers

     opportunities. The important role
     that local organisations and
     businesses play is valued and
     Council will assist with an
     appropriately supportive model.
 3   Celebrating Noosa Creatives          • NRG programs exhibitions involving targeted local creatives alongside artists from around the country - and
     Council will work with                 occasionally, internationally - with the view to showcasing the best of Noosa's arts offering in a national
     stakeholders to understand how         context. This approach is also adopted with Floating Land.
     best to recognise the value of       • NRG prioritises stocking locally made creative products in the Gallery shop.
     local arts practitioners. The aim    • Review of RADF funding program is underway, with structural changes to be made in 2024.
     will be to increase the
     awareness of the talents and
     creative output of Noosa’s
     cultural sector both locally and
     outside the region.




5. Growing the Cultural Economy
Arts, culture and heritage will play an increasing role in the economic health of the local region

Goals
     Creative industries will increasingly provide more employment, keep dollars within the Shire and export products and services.
*
     Cultural activities will help attract visitors, extend their stay and increase local spend. Visitors will be drawn to appreciate and experience local arts
*    and culture including design, products, cultural heritage, cultural venues, and programs and events.
     There will be an increasing focus on quality product development and delivery, preferencing unique or bespoke over mass-production or mass-
*    market.
     Home-based creative industries will be encouraged to improve individual economic outcomes, increase local creative output and reduce the need
*    for travel to other locations.
     Innovation and a creative approach will help fire the engine room of Noosa’s economy.
*

Actions                                    Achievements
 1   Work with stakeholders to              • Framing of New Noosa Regional Gallery as an anchor for a precinct in the Business case ITQ.
     increase the brand potential of        • Partnered with Tourism Noosa on successive iterations of Floating Land to give visibility to the event in a
     Noosa in a creative sense such           tourism context (2019, 2021, 2023).
     as the development of creative         • Participated in Noosa Open Studios with gallery exhibitions that reflected local creative practices (2018,
     nodes or precincts, supporting the       2029, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).
     clustering or co-location of
     creative businesses and activities
     and supporting the development
     of feature creative products
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