Update to Rancho Cordova Arts Strategic Plan

The City of Rancho Cordova is seeking a consultant to update its Arts Strategic Plan. The plan aims to refine the city's vision for the arts, evaluate progress since the adoption of the 2019 plan, and establish a forward-looking framework of goals, strategies, and implementation tools to guide arts and cultural development in Rancho Cordova over the next five to ten years. The selected consultant will be expected to manage and control costs and resources, complete work in adherence to the agreed-upon project schedule, and assign a project manager who will act as the city's primary contact. Key tasks include developing a refreshed vision and actionable roadmap, refining the city's arts vision, identifying evolving goals, and proposing new initiatives that integrate temporary and permanent public art, performance, and visual arts programming, and long-term collection planning. • Developing a Public Art Maintenance Plan • Recommending investment in arts facilities • Exploring an Arts Commission • Creating an Artist-in-Residence program • Expanding youth arts engagement • Developing an arts marketing and promotion strategy • Establishing a placemaking framework • Implementing temporary interventions in underutilized spaces • Using cultural mapping to prioritize sites • Embedding placemaking in civic planning • Activating public spaces with regular cultural programs • Empowering neighborhoods through micro-grants