Guide for Business Districts to Work with Local Artists

From 2015-2017, the International Downtown Association (IDA) partnered with Springboard for the Arts to: 1) distribute best practices learned from business districts that are already effectively incorporating art and artists into their work; 2) incorporate expert-led creative placemaking workshops into IDA regional and annual conferences; 3) develop a creative placemaking toolkit for business improvement districts; and 4) provide support funding to six districts that have limited resources, allowing them an opportunity to implement their own creative placemaking programs.