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Culture Plans serve as a roadmap for a community’s arts and culture initiatives, guiding investments, partnerships, and programming. They also create a vision that captures the aspirations of local artists, organizations, and residents.

What is a Cultural Plan

Why does this matter for Louisville?

The Louisville Comprehensive Cultural plan will help to create a community-wide vision while also advising on Metro’s arts initiatives. The plan will seek to ensure that Louisville remains a thriving cultural hub that is accessible and equitable for all residents.

  • Kick Off

    Discovery

    Begin Analysis

  • Round 1 Engagement

    Continue Analysis

  • Round 2 Engagement

    Develop & Present Vision and Guiding Principles 

    Develop Cultural Plan Framework

  • Develop & Present Initial Recommendations

    Develop & Present Cultural Plan

  • Final Engagement

    Adoption of Cultural Plan

Project Timeline

Where do you experience arts and culture?

Use the map to indicate locations where you experience arts and culture in Louisville! Please submit below and we will populate your asset on the map.

Do you have an asset/resource that cannot be mapped? Describe it below.

Cultural Asset Map

Focus Areas

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“Art and culture is the gist that makes a city a place people want to live in, not just a place they must.”

— Louisville Survey Respondent

  • Phase 2 Engagement Series - April 2025 (full details to be announced)

  • Phase 3 Engagement Series - June 2025 (full details to be announced)

Upcoming Events

About the plan

Louisville Metro Government's Office of Arts + Creative Industries is partnering with Designing Local, Artful Places, and Jon Stover & Associates on a cultural planning process for Louisville.

This process will build on existing plans like Imagine Greater Louisville, Plan 2040, and Growing Louisville Together. Louisville Metro aims to set concrete goals for growing the creative industries and their economic impact.

Key components of the Cultural Planning Process include:

  • Updating the Public Art Master Plan

  • Conducting an economic audit of the arts sector

  • Developing recommendations to support Louisville's creative economy