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For example: efforts to amplify Hamilton’s status as a music city. “Building on that is a big part of our culture strategy,” Mr. Thorne said.
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City of Hamilton’s music strategy ‘imploding’ (Hamilton Spectator, Sept 14, 2017)
Hamilton's strategy to promote and nurture the local music scene has been left in disarray with the resignation of several members of its industry advisory committee, including the co-chairs, citing frustration with what they see as lack of support from the city…
"The city is still very strongly behind the music strategy," said Hamilton's planning and economic development manager Jason Thorne, who is attending a Canadian Urbanism conference in Winnipeg. "It is a key part of our economic development strategy. That commitment remains very strong …
"What we're doing as a department is putting what resources we have behind it. Unfortunately, we don't have the resources for a full-time dedicated staff person just on this sector."
'It's a fiasco': Hamilton shuts down 'City of Music' website as criticism mounts (CBC Hamilton, Aug 24, 2018)
Just one year after its creation, the city is shutting down its "City of Music" website — marking the latest setback for Hamilton's beleaguered music strategy.
That strategy has been widely criticized for focusing on branding over actually helping Hamilton's musicians in any tangible way.
The city's music advisory team says it is working on a new approach and wants to improve resources for Hamilton's music community — but new revelations about how money linked to the project has been spent shows how branding has been the city's primary focus.
"This has been a disaster from the beginning," said Jeffrey Martin, former music industry working committee co-chair. "There has been very little effort from [the city]."
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