Mark Davy is taking part in this year’s New Cities Summit in Dallas, ‘Re-imagining Cities: Transforming the 21st Century Metropolis’ and is speaking at the first convening of the GCDNThe theme of this year’s New Cities Summit in Dallas is ‘Re-imagining Cities: Transforming the 21st Century Metropolis’. An important element running through the Summit will be a discussion of the role of cultural districts in the life of cities around the worldDetails of Mark’s panel are below:

June 19, 9:30am – 10:45am:
The Governance of Cultural Districts

Whose voices should be at the table and what shape the table should be is a 
critical issue in the successful planning and management of cultural districts. This discussion goes to the heart of that issue and explores the respective roles of the community and its political representatives, commercial developers, artists and cultural institutions, business and other stakeholders. It will also explore the range of business models that sustain cultural districts and create the resources to animate and champion the public domain and ensure the sum is greater than the parts.

Moderator:
Russell Willis Taylor, President and CEO, National Arts Strategies

Panelists:
Theresa Cameron, Manager of Local Arts Agency Services at Americans for the Arts (AFTA)
Katie Dixon, Director of Special Projects at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
Mark Davy, Founder, Future City