Community Collaboration to Enable Creative Placemaking

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1 Community Collaboration to Enable Creative Placemaking Conference of the Association for Community Design Betsy del Monte FAIA, LEED BD+C

2 Learning Objectives 1. Participants will understand the value of creative placemaking for underserved neighborhoods. 2. Participants will learn strategies used in creative placemaking. 3. Participants will learn how collaboration can be fostered by creative placemaking workshops. 4. Participants will learn strategies to enact their own plans for creative placemaking projects.

3 Placemaking Combining elements of the built environment in a compelling way that attracts people. Perth Cultural Centre Photo: PPS

4 Creative placemaking Placemaking efforts led by arts and cultural considerations.

5 Creative placemaking Multidisciplinary approach to urban revitalization Uses the arts and cultural assets Draws investment to underserved neighborhoods Engages residents in the rebuilding First Friday, Kansas City

6 Creative placemaking animates public and private spaces, rejuvenates structures and streetscapes, and brings diverse people together to celebrate, inspire, and be inspired. Alexandria, VA Image credit: Project for Public Spaces Anne Markusen and Ann Gadwa Nicodemus, Creative Placemaking, 2010, for the National Endowment for the Arts,

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8 Best Practices for Using Creative Placemaking Begin with the end in mind Bring in artists and the community early Mine local art and cultural assets Engage local artists Identify critical skills to deliver Look for early wins Form cross sector partnerships Articulate stakeholder benefits Maintain a long view Explore creative financing 10-best-practices-creative-placemaking/

9 Begin with the end in mind. Envision what you would like to see: artfully designed buildings, an inclusive community. Also what you do not want to see: displacement of existing residents, lack of diversity Be clear about motivation and goals, then engage the right players to achieve those goals.

10 New York City s Sugar Hill Children s Museum in Harlem broke with convention by being the first art museum in an affordable housing complex.

11 Bring in artists and the community early. Timing is everything. Early engagement will facilitate a project that is well designed and meets the community s needs. Art and culture need to be central to the project s design.

12 Mine local art and cultural assets.

13 Mine local art and cultural assets.

14 Engage local artists.

15 Engage local artists.

16 Feature local artists There is Hope by Maricel Blum Discovery Green, Houston, TX

17 Case Study: Spirit of Detroit Plaza

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21 Form cross-sector partnerships. Key partnerships include: Artists, performers Community organizations Business and professional groups Private-sector organizations Local education providers Local government Philanthropic groups Other nonprofit partners

22 Case Study: Wilson, NC: Folk Art Is Creating Jobs and Revitalizing a Downtown

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25 Include areas for performance.

26 Provide areas for free expression

27 Engage youth and children

28 Provide programming for/by local residents

29 Case Study: Wynwood Walls

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33 Grants for Creative Placemaking Efforts

34 ULI offers grants for: projects that support creative placemaking, using arts-based placemaking strategies and programming to strengthen the connection between the built environment and human health.

35 ULI Selection Criteria Focus the intersection of creative placemaking and health. Partnerships with important groups are in place. Providing both tangible and intangible benefits, especially for disadvantaged communities. Involving multiple stakeholders, including artists, community, developers, public and private sector partners. Partners have a plan for action, including plans for funding. The project is part of a broader effort to revitalize a disinvested area.

36 Corridor Projects Corridor projects receive $10,000 in support, along with advisory assistance, to design revitalization using arts-based placemaking strategies. An Active Corridor in Little Rock, Arkansas University of Arkansas Community Design Center + Marlon Blackwell Architect

37 2017 Corridor Projects ULI Idaho - Activate Vista Corridor Sidewalks Will implement creative placemaking for improving social and physical health Cultivating neighborhood identity and engagement. Will animate a two block stretch of the corridor with public art and graphics, Adding whimsy and civic engagement Encouraging people to walk along the corridor

38 2017 Corridor Projects ULI Memphis - Madison & Cleveland MEMFix Will facilitate tactical placemaking projects, Pop-up projects and business incubation workshops, Public art installations and street design provide a linkage to existing and planned development projects, Increase multimodal travel along the corridors by leveraging new bike and trolley investments.

39 Memphis Medical District Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis. Photo: Chris Porter for Downtown Memphis Commission.

40 Photos: Daniel Ashworth

41 Community Involvement

42 Memphis Street Experiment

43 Advisory Workshops Advisory Workshop District Councils receive $5,000 to support expenses for a workshop to be held this spring. These multi-day workshops for stakeholders help them implement projects that promote physical activity and encourage healthy behaviors.

44 2017 Workshops ULI Michigan, with the Henry Ford Health System Integrate creative placemaking in planned streetscape transformations Pedestrian and cycling amenities and a new Grand Park Has the potential to become an active lifestyle destination. Great need for active living options in the area Create an energized community asset for Detroit's active community

45 2017 Workshops ULI Triangle - Transit Expansion in the Research Triangle ULI Triangle will help planners, developers, and community leaders consider creative placemaking principles and strategies as they plan for a major expansion of the region's transit system. The Advisory Workshop will identify strategies, approaches, and best practices in integrating creative placemaking with transit investments.

46 Creative Placemaking Grant Initiative The next round of grants will be for corridor implementation, $10K each. The grants will be announced in July and awarded in the fall, 2017.

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48 Bright Art Paths Detroit, MI Funding Received: 2016, $425,000 Funding Period: 2 years and 5 months

49 Bright Art Paths

50 Crucian Heritage and Nature Tourism (CHANT)

51 Invisible Heritage: Identity Memory And Our Town

52 Open call for submittals will be in Feb If you are thinking about a project that: Focuses on a neighborhood, town, village or other geographic community Is looking to work on a community challenge or opportunity related to agriculture/food; economic development; education/youth; environment/energy; health; housing, immigration; public safety; transportation; or workforce development Has a way that artists, arts organizations, and/or arts and culture activities can help address that challenge or opportunity Will have a way of knowing whether the project has made progress on the challenge then you should think about submitting an application.

53 Some More Case Studies Mill Hill: East Macon Arts Village Collaborative Planning Process for Creative Placemaking. Led by Macon Arts Alliance and many local and national players, converting blighted homes into artist live/ work space and blighted auditorium in community arts center. mill-hill-east-macon-arts-village/ Monroe Street Market, Washington, DC Bozzuto Development Group and Abdo Developers, $250M Mixed Use/Transit Oriented Development featuring 27 artist studios, art walk and community center. Houston Project Row Houses (led by artist Rick Lowe, 2014 recipient of the MacArthur genius award) Stoney Island Savings and Bank Theaster Gates Jr., an artist and professor at the University of Chicago, bought the property from the city for $1 and raised money for the restoration through his nonprofit Rebuild Foundation rebuild-foundation.org/. Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, a partnership in Chicago to convert blighted building into artist live/work housing with community center.

54 Any questions? Super Hero Training Academy at Bright Art Paths, Detroit