City arts task force starts to take shape

The Daily Star reported that about a dozen people have volunteered to be on a task force that will consider possible roles for the arts, Mayor Dick Miller said Monday, and others interested may raise their hands.

Forming a task force is a next step that follows the Mayor's Summit on Arts and Entertainment at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta on Saturday, Miller said. The task force may meet within 10 days, he said, and another general meeting could be in three or four weeks.

About 85 people attended the summit Saturday, more than twice the number who signed up, organizers said.

Interest was strong Saturday in forming an arts coalition or organization, but many questions remain about the composition of the group and whether it would have ties to government, Miller said. The task force goal is to be a sounding board for ideas about the type of organization and further steps to take, he said.

"The next steps have to be pretty carefully thought through," Miller said. "We have to move forward with something that we can do."

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