Developers looking to build in the Phoenix area may soon be mandated to install art.
The Phoenix City Council may vote on a draft of the proposed ordinance in the spring.
Phoenix City Council’s Economic Development and the Arts Subcommittee discussed the creation of an “Art in Private Development” ordinance last week.
The city’s outgoing Arts and Culture Director, Mitch Menchaca, presented the proposed ordinance. Menchaca said developers would be made to allocate a percentage of their project’s construction costs to original, site-specific art…
