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Which Cook County suburban area do you identify with?
For Municipal Employees:
How often do you get questions related to resources available for arts and culture-based organizations, businesses or individuals?
What resources does your office have available to the arts and culture sector?
In your opinion, do you have enough capacity to support the specific needs of the arts and culture sector?
From your experience, do you think it is clear to the arts and culture sector how to access the services your office provides?
For Nonprofit Organizations:
How often do you engage with your local municipal offices, either accessing resources (information about community events, funding, business support, technical assistance, etc.), as a partner on programming/services, for business operations (paying for licenses, permits, etc.)
Which best describes your creative practice?
When you need help with running the business side of your organization (licensing, acquiring physical spaces, operational capacity building, paying staff, paying taxes) who do you normally talk to first?
In your opinion, how does your organization’s contribution to the arts and culture sector contribute to the overall vitality of the community? (Check all that apply)
For Individual Creatives
How often do you engage with your local government offices, either accessing resources (information about community events, funding, business support, technical assistance, etc.), as a partner on programming/services, for business operations (paying for licenses, permits, etc.)?
Which best describes your creative practice:
Which of the following describes your art or creative practice (check all that apply):
From your experience, do you think it is clear to the arts and culture sector how to access the services through your local government?
Would you say your pay from creative work is:
Do you work by contract (1099 worker)?
Which of the following do you have access to through your employer:
Do you feel that your current job(s) enable you to tap into your creative abilities?
Have you ever been granted one of the following to support your creative work:
For Creative Business Owners
When you have questions about local regulations impacting your business (licensing, acquiring physical spaces, operational capacity building) who do you normally talk to first?
For Residents
How often do you engage with your local municipal offices, either accessing resources (information about community events, funding, business support, technical assistance, etc.), as a partner on programming/services, for business operations (paying for licenses, permits, etc.)?