The Puerto Rico Town Experience in Achieving Cultural District Designation

Learn about PRCC’s experience in obtaining the Cultural District Designation for Puerto Rico Town in Chicago, and collaborating with stakeholders to bring about economic development through creating cultural enterprise districts. This follow-up session focuses on the How and Next Steps of the cultural designation. Learn about the legislation itself and how to leverage policy to get designation/create cultural districts, how you use culture as an economic development strategy and how you make it all happen and build on success of Main Street by collaborating with stakeholders.

Speakers: Cristina Pacione-Zayas, IL State Senator Jose E. Lopez, Executive Director, Puerto Rican Cultural Center