Same question, every candidate · Arts and culture forum
What measures would you support to ensure future CCRS non-profit capital investments are transparent, guided by clear public priorities and evaluation criteria, and directed toward significant projects that create visible, lasting community value?
Asked at the 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture, September 15, 2026.
Each page shows one forum question and every candidate we quote on it, in ballot order. There are no scores. We mark yes or no only when the candidate said it outright. A blank means they didn't, so read the quote. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording.
| Candidate | In their words |
|---|---|
| Taishya Adams | we need to have some hard conversations about how are we going to deal with the urgent and important, but also recognizing the long-term necessity to invest in the arts. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 24:21 · (Pt 1/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube) |
| Aaron Brockett | I would like for us to, in addition, find targeted opportunity to make larger investments in specific organizations to have more of those transformational effects. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 25:26 · (Pt 1/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube) |
| Scott Rendleman | I believe that we need an imitated performance monitor that measures our outcomes on our programs Transcript note: Likely 'independent performance monitor' (Whisper). Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 26:02 · (Pt 1/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube) |
If a candidate isn't listed, we didn't quote them on this question. They may have been absent or not called on.