Cultural Action Plan: the Follow-up Committee is formed and ready to take up the challenge!

Following the adoption of the new Cultural Policy and the 2025–2029 Action Plan in December 2024, the Town of Sutton launched, last March, a call for candidates to cultural organizations, citizens and artists in ordre to fill three open positions. After analyzing the applications, the Follow-up Committee selected representatives whose experience, professionalism and knowledge will help implement the Town’s ambitious cultural action plan.

Appointed Members

Each of the nine members of the Follow-up Committee, as spokesperson for the group they represent, is responsible for ensuring that the concerns of the various cultural players in our community are heard and integrated throughout the process. The success of the new Cultural Policy and its action plan depends on the ongoing involvement and regular consultation of all the players concerned.

Here are the members of the new Cultural Policy and Action Plan Follow-up Committee:

• A member of the Municipal Council: Carole Lebel, Councillor
• A member of General Management: Jonathan Fortin, Director General
• Director of Recreation, Community Life and Culture: Élizabeth Deit
• Culture Development Officer: Marie-Claude Plasse
• A representative of the Corporation de développement économique de Sutton (CDES) as an organization promoting planned actions: Heidi Vanha
• A representative of the Héritage Sutton historical society as an organization promoting planned actions: Hubert Manseau
• A representative of cultural organizations: Alain Laforest, Centre d’art Arts Sutton
• A representative of the artists and artisans: Lou-Anne Daoust-Filiatrault, professional artisan
• Citizen representative: Kate Bligh, Sutton resident

Committee members’ mandate

The involvement required of members of the Follow-up Committee can be summed up as follows:

• Attend and participate in 2-3 meetings per year to monitor and evaluate the Cultural Policy action plan considering progress made and changes underway in the community.
• Make recommendations regarding the evolution of actions.
• Act, as needed, as a mobilizing agent to encourage the participation of local players.
• Facilitate the circulation of information to local players.

The Town of Sutton congratulates and thanks the members of the committee!