Business View Civil and Municipal | September 2022

116 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 SANTA FE , NEW MEX I CO large tourist industry sector and I think people also find it great as a place to live because it has a healing power about it. Maybe that’s because of its long history, or because it’s 7500 feet above sea level. There’s something special about that, too.” The area’s rich culture and natural offerings have drawn artists from around the globe to Santa Fe, which is known as one of the greatest art cities in the world. Arts and culture are entwined throughout the city and have become part of the everyday landscape. “I would describe Santa Fe as layered,” explains Pauline Kamiyama, the city’s Director of Arts and Culture. “There are mixed peoples here, there is an indigenous-centered perspective that I think lends itself to a healing feeling and a place that causes you to pause. Culture is seeped into everything across the board. So for arts and culture, we really define culture as our values, how we think as well as what we cook