Facilities

The development of cultural facilities is vital to carrying out our mission. Though Beet Street is not currently positioned to develop, operate, or manage facilities,  we can play an integral role in influencing the conversations, and being a catalyst to the development of cultural facilities.

Beet Street will serve as a catalyst to the development of cultural facilities by:

• Identifying opportunities for cultural facility development
• Bringing together stakeholders and assisting with creative problem-solving
• Encouraging implementation of a small-to-big development strategy for the City Cultural Facilities Plan, and
• Advocating for additional facilities and infrastructure that impact the visitor experience downtown

Beet Street will encourage the creation of extraordinary venues and infrastructure. As the City’s Cultural Facilities Plan highlights, we are going to need high visibility, high impact facilities such as a large outdoor venue and a new performing arts center.

We are also going to need:

• A small black box theatre
• A 350-seat venue to compliment the Lincoln Center mini-theatre
• A 500-750 seat venue
• More “found spaces” where culture and entertainment seem to naturally coalesce

Beet Street will work to create an implementation strategy that encourages:

• Focusing on the smaller venues first
• Providing the local arts community what it needs to grow
• Allowing the arts and culture industry to showcase its capabilities, and
• Build a case for the community that the large venues are worthy investments