The Beautifulcity.ca Alliance is made up of 48 organizations including: the 411 Initiative for Change; ArtReach; Art Gallery of Ontario, Arts & Contemporary Studies Student Union; Artsvote; Canadian Youth Arts Network; CARFAC Ontario; Centre for Integral Economics; Digital Propaganda; Earwaks.com; Grassroots Youth Collaborative; Illegalsigns.ca; Kate Henderson Intellectual Property & Trademark; Lakeshore Arts; Lotus Leaf Communications; Manifesto; Mural Routes; nataliagrosner.com; PressPause; Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre; Ryerson Students' Union; Rhythmicru; Schools Without Borders; Sketch; Spacing Magazine; Style in Progress; TakingITGlobal; The Remix Project; The Gladstone Hotel; The Faculty Of; them.ca; Toronto Arts Council Foundation; Toronto Cyclists Union; Toronto Youth Cabinet; UofT Student Union; UrbanArts & the Youth Action Network.

See the most recent update of members at beautifulcity.ca

Would you support?

• An historic 53% increase to the annual municipal funding available to all artists, festivals and arts institutions?
• And, close to $100 000.00 dollars for public realm improvement for each Toronto ward including projects such as greening every year?
• As well, as over $300 000.00 annually for each of the 13 priority neighbourhoods to fund accessible youth arts programming?
• Topped by hiring 17 dedicated officers to enforce the new billboard bylaw and collect fines?

Sound like a dream? It is…but Toronto City Council is voting on it anyway in September and October. These numbers proposing potential usage are taken from a mid-range estimate of revenues from the billboard charge, currently being worked on by city staff. The Beautifulcity.ca / BCBF proposal would see revenues from this tax or fee on billboards dedicated to art in the public sphere.