This event takes place at City Hall, in the Bertha Knight Landes Room.

A cultural revolution is brewing as the real estate and regulatory pressure on arts and entertainment organizations increases. On Capitol Hill, we are losing venues, galleries, offices, and artists' space left and right, with our most recent loss the Oddfellows Hall.

In a follow-up to the Jan 16th panel at CHAC ("Is there still room for Culture and Entertainment on Capitol Hill?"), artists and citizens have resoundantly answered "Yes!" and are now headed downtown to bring their concerns to City Hall, to create programs that will revitalize arts and culture through neighborhood development incentives.

Each speaker is being asked to speak for 3-4 minutes on the topic: "Under what circumstances would you support an Arts & Entertainment District in Capitol Hill?"

Arts & Entertainment:
Angela Luechtenfeld, Freehold Theatre Lab
Michael Seiwerath, Northwest Film Forum
Hallie Kuperman, Century Ballroom
Josh LaBelle, Seattle Theatre Group, Paramount, Moore
Evan Johnson, Image Productions, Film Production Company
Randy Engstrom, Youngstown Arts Center/DNDA and Seattle Arts Commission

Development, Urban Planning, Policy Advocates:
Jim Reinhardsen, Heartland LLC, Public/Private Partnership Expert
Richard Muhlebach, Kennedy Wilson, Cap Hill Developer
Laura Curry, Mithun, Cultural Research Specialist, Artist
Matthew Kwatinetz, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Sponsor

Public Sector:
Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata, Sponsor
Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark, Co-Sponsor
Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden, Co-Sponsor
Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Co-Sponsor
Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, Co-Sponsor
Jim Kelly, Director, 4Culture, King County’s Cultural Development Authority