Community Visioning Week kicked off Thursday night with a great presentation and discussion of the city-wide placemap. What are the well-functioning places in the city, where are there opportunities, what places are not working well? Drop by City Hall to see the 7’ tall placemap, or go online to www.sbpathtosustainability.com and click on “placemap” to give us YOUR input.
Join us Monday night for our first “in the field” event. This site visit will be used as an example of similar opportunities throughout the city!
Monday Night Place Audit: Kmart Plaza
Location: Meet on site at Kmart, Shelburne Road, Follow up at City Hall
Time: 6:30 pm
Leader: Gary Toth (consultant with Project for Public Spaces)
Objectives
- Provide an overview of the concepts of Placemaking
- Using the PPS audit tool, have participations diagnose the place that they work, shop or live in, whether it be a neighborhood, industrial park, or shopping center
- Identify the assets that contribute to the sense of place and barriers that inhibit it
- Develop and prioritize recommendations for building upon the assets and addressing barriers.
Tentative schedule:
6:30 – 6:40 Introductions (10 minutes)
6:40 – 7:10 Lead-In Presentation (30 minutes)
7:10 – 7:40 Place Audit on site (30 minutes)
7:40 – 8:05 Small Group Work (25 minutes)
8:05 – 8:30 Presentation of Plans (25 minutes, 5 minutes per group, depending on number of groups)
8:30 – 9:00 Prioritization and Group Discussion (30 minutes)
Come for the site visit and/or the discussion at City Hall afterwards. Help shape this corner of the City.
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