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Preserving the Venice Creative Community

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Bernice Colman
10 years ago

Important to retain affordable spaces for artists in Venice.

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Juri Koll
10 years ago Featured

We at the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art are behind this 110% and plan to be a part of the complex from development through ground breaking through occupancy.

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David Paris
10 years ago Featured

I support Councilmember's Bonin's initiative to use the MainSt. Bus Teminal site for affordable housing - and ask that you add artist support as well. PLACE would be a terrific non-profit to advance such a plan.

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Chris Garland
10 years ago

This is a great idea!

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Michael Metcalfe
10 years ago

Best wishes for great success with this!

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Dianen Kuntz
10 years ago

I think this is a great idea and definitely support it.

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Catlin Harvey
10 years ago Featured

I live at the WAV in Ventura, CA and think PLACE is doing a great job with these communities. A PLACE Artists community in Venice would be a wonderful addition to the larger community in that area.

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Hillary Bedell
10 years ago

Bring back the artists who have been priced out by expensive real estate.

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Mark Modzelewski
10 years ago

Venice is a beacon for arts and someone must stop the onslaught of rich hipsters with Teslas from destroying this treasured community.

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Kathleen Blakistone
10 years ago

Artists create the soul of Venice and housing them in PLACE makes a whole lot of sense

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linda golde
10 years ago

give Place their place in Venice

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Aaron Kramer
10 years ago

As a full time artist and former staple on the Venice art walk for 8 years it was evident to me years ago that the artists were moving out of Venice. They were systematically priced out of a community that values art and the artist. Through no fault of the town or even the longtime landlords. It is the way of gentrification. Rough part of town, artists move in, they become stake holders but not title holders. Same sex couples come in next and before you know it there is a Starbucks on the corner. The only way to continue to have the vital mix and not a soulless facade is to have the city invest. Properties like the public storage on rose need to have the city purchase it and make work/live studios out of it before Google does. Realizing that the Arts bring more money and sustainable development to a community early on will staunch the march towards big box sterilization.

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Paulette Grimaldi
10 years ago

Keep the creative juices going!!!!

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Itai Disraeli
10 years ago

Venice is the PEOPLE ! What gives Venice its flavor are the human beings, artists, musicians that breathe life into its streets. Make it affordable !!! for the soul of who we are

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Crystal Michaelson
10 years ago

Keep Venice a creative, safe community.

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Melissa Herrington
10 years ago

Yes! We can do this!!!

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Sandy Bleifer
10 years ago

We can do this!

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Joe Smoe
10 years ago

Yo

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Peter Sieve
10 years ago

I support this!

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Place Team · petition starter
10 years ago

I support this effort!