Anchor tenants

Representatives of the arts district’s anchor tenants share an enthusiasm for its potential.

“We are excited for the development of an expanded arts district in Fayetteville and look forward to the community and local businesses being able to be part of the development and planning process. Fayetteville has a strong theater and performing arts culture that we are proud to be part of, and this will create opportunities and provide resources to expand this area and make it even more of a destination for the entire region.”

— Jennifer Wilson, Walton Arts Center spokeswoman

“We’re enthusiastic and excited to be a part of the creative vision of the people in the city and the community. They support and endorse the arts, certainly, and we see one of our many roles as being a cultural institution that helps people not only come and find art but actually, in the future, do more creating of art at the library. It’ll be exciting to see what comes out of that design.”

— David Johnson, Fayetteville Public Library executive director

“The city’s new design plan is a terrifically ambitious step toward realizing a vision of walkable, interconnected cultural assets in our downtown. We were excited to be part of the conversation as the city put together their impressive application, and our audiences will be beneficiaries of their visionary thinking for decades to come.”

— Martin Miller, Theatre Squared executive director