Appendix 6 – Town Approval and SC Arts Commission Requirements for Cultural District Designation Hilton Head Island Office of Cultural AffairsOCA_3c5e5d2c-7f58-11e9-b6fe-70c3c9ea33c1Hilton Head Town CouncilTown Council approval of proposed Cultural Districts must be obtained prior to seeking approval by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Upon Town Council approval, recommended Cultural Districts will be presented to the SC Arts Commission through its application process (SC Arts Commission Website).SC Arts CommissionThe SC Arts Commission defines a cultural district as a geographic area that has a concentration of cultural facilities, activities, and assets.Cultural DistrictsIt is a walkable area that is easily identifiable to visitors and residents and serves as a center of cultural, artistic, and economic activity. A cultural district may contain galleries, live performance venues, theaters, artist studios, museums, arts centers, arts schools, and public art pieces. A cultural district may also contain businesses like restaurants, banks or parks whose primary purpose is not arts, but that regularly make their spaces available to artists or createopportunities for the public to encounter the arts.Designated Cultural DistrictsSouth Carolina currently has nine Designated Cultural Districts.Several of them are located along or near major arteries like I20 (Camden, Congaree Vista, Florence), I-26 (Congaree VistaDowntown), I-77 (Congaree Vista, Lancaster, Rock Hill), I-85,Greenwood, Spartanburg (Spartanburg Downtown), and I95 (Beaufort, Bluffton, Florence). These locations make themconvenient places for residents and visitors to stop and take a break.Easy identification as a center of cultural, artistic, and economic activity_881d7c8e-6065-11ec-8c9b-f97f0983ea00To seek approval of a proposed Cultural District_881d7dd8-6065-11ec-8c9b-f97f0983ea00ArtCultureEconomic ActivityProcessingCarry out the process for approval of a proposed Cultural District_881d7ed2-6065-11ec-8c9b-f97f0983ea00The process includes, among other requirements:Steering CommitteeCreate a cultural district steering committee whose members are representative of the cultural organizations and artists located in the district_881d7fae-6065-11ec-8c9b-f97f0983ea001Cultural District Steering CommitteeCultural OrganizationsArtistsHearingsConduct public hearings for the proposed district _881d8094-6065-11ec-8c9b-f97f0983ea002ResolutionObtain passage of a resolution by Town Council approving the districtand committing to establish it_881d8184-6065-11ec-8c9b-f97f0983ea0032021-12-072024-12-312021-12-18https://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov/plans/OCAStrategicPlan.pdfOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net