DEPARTMENT: World Heritage Office
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen Swain
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
UNESCO Creative Cities Network - Creative City of Gastronomy Briefing
SUMMARY:
A briefing on the City of San Antonio's United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network - Creative City of Gastronomy program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On October 31, 2017, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated San Antonio a Creative City of Gastronomy, making the city part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). The designation is the result of a collaborative community effort that included the City of San Antonio, Visit San Antonio, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, several local nonprofit organizations, and private individuals and entities.
As part of San Antonio's acceptance into the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, the application stated, that similar to the successful collaborative model used to develop and implement a work plan for the World Heritage San Antonio Missions, an advisory group would be established. The application outlined several initiatives, programs or projects that San Antonio committed to and which are aimed at achieving the objectives of the network. These are as follows:
* Initiate a public-private partnership to create a cultural and arts destination in the
heart of downtown that will develop business concepts and activities that interpret
San Antonio's diverse culinary heritage;
* Use cultural mapping and oral histories to engage citizens to focus on the preservation of cooking techniques, foods, and recipes handed down from generation to generation;
* Develop a series of culinary trails connecting the city's historic and cultural assets;
* Plan and execute a film festival to create a juried film festival featuring food-focused submissions from independent film-makers worldwide;
* Pioneer a Chef-in-...
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