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By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
Northeast Connecticut moves a little further down the road, moving toward harnessing the untapped power of culture, art and heritage after the hiring of Ellen Silbermann of Union as a cultural assessment coordinator.
Using a $6,000 grant from the Northeast Connecticut Council of Governments and $6,000 from the state Commission on Culture and Tourism, Silbermann will be devising a "ground level" study that will inventory the cultural, arts and heritage assets in Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock and Union. In addition, the survey will raise awareness of arts and culture in the region and ask residents what this region's arts agency would look like.
To take part in the survey and add information to the database for the region, please contact Silbermann by calling 860-508-7252 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Silbermann said.
She anticipates having the survey and report finished by June 1. "The key findings, issues, interview and survey results, along with recommendations for the community will be presented in a public presentation ... date and time to be announced," she said.
Delpha Very, Putnam's Community Development director and one of the charter members of the committee investigating the development of a regional arts agency, called the survey and efforts that follow a "roadmap" for the "creative economy" in northeast Connecticut.
Everything from individual artists to historical societies and town governments, businesses to schools to hospitals will be part of the "creative economy" plan, customized to the Quiet Corner.