By Zaldy Comanda
BAGUIO CITY – Six sites in the city identified as creative centers in consonance with the title of Baguio City as a creative city for crafts and folk arts.
Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon (Photo via Bagui.gov.ph / MANILA BULLETIN)
Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon said the City Council approved the resolution in the first reading she filed to declare the Diplomat Hotel or Heritage Hill area, the Maharlika Livelihood Center, the DTI-LGU-ABC Livelihood Center, the old city auditorium area, the Baguio City post office area and the BIBAK area as creative centers.
In line with the objective to make creativity an essential element for the sustainable development of the city, the resolution stated that the local government committed to initiate the development of creative centers dedicated to enhancing aspects of crafts and folk arts that are predominantly present and thriving in the different parts of the city, specifically cloth, weaving, basket weaving, wood carving, jewelry making, gold and silver craft and even tattooing.
She said that the creative centers – located in strategic and accessible areas in the city – shall be funded and managed by the local government in collaboration with concerned government agencies and the private sector.
Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon (Photo via Bagui.gov.ph / MANILA BULLETIN)
Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon said the City Council approved the resolution in the first reading she filed to declare the Diplomat Hotel or Heritage Hill area, the Maharlika Livelihood Center, the DTI-LGU-ABC Livelihood Center, the old city auditorium area, the Baguio City post office area and the BIBAK area as creative centers.
In line with the objective to make creativity an essential element for the sustainable development of the city, the resolution stated that the local government committed to initiate the development of creative centers dedicated to enhancing aspects of crafts and folk arts that are predominantly present and thriving in the different parts of the city, specifically cloth, weaving, basket weaving, wood carving, jewelry making, gold and silver craft and even tattooing.
She said that the creative centers – located in strategic and accessible areas in the city – shall be funded and managed by the local government in collaboration with concerned government agencies and the private sector.