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Adeline Community Outreach Team (ACOT)
Meeting #1
May 16, 2015
Today’s Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Introductions & Agenda Overview
III. Reflections & Insights from Community Engagement
IV. Youth Spirit Artworks Collaboration
V. Design of Pop-Up Event #1 and Site Tours
VI. Next Steps
Community Engagement
Community IDEA Center Firehouse Art Collective (3192 Adeline)
Timing • Monday (3-6) • Thurs (11-3) • Mobile on 1st &
3rd Sat. (2-4)
Community IDEA Center • Visited by over 175 community members
Community IDEA Center • Visited by over 150 community members
Community IDEA Center •What do you like about the corridor?
•What would you like to improve about the corridor?
Community Input from IDEA Center
•Add more retail variety (shops, restaurants, cafes) •Make the corridor more family-friendly •Provide services for the homeless and low-income •Improve street sanitation •More recreation options for youth •Fill empty pockets/ storefronts along Adeline •Improve safety for bicycles and pedestrians •Improve the use of the ROW •Create more parks and open space
Community IDEA Center
ACOT’s role: IDEA Center
Spread the word…
Community Surveys
• Collected over 450 surveys • Intercept surveys • IDEA Center • ACOT outreach • Online (website)
Key Survey Locations • Everywhere! • Ashby BART • Ashby Flea Market • Berkeley Bowl • Ed Roberts Campus • South Berkeley
Library • South Berkeley
Farmers’ Market
Preliminary Survey Findings • Insert summary of Questions 1-4
•Discuss course-corrections for outreach
ACOT’s role: Surveys
Spread the word… Collect 50 surveys Tell your friends/ neighbors…
Community Focus Groups • Residents • Local businesses • Cultural and performing arts • Planners and designers • Community- and faith-based
organizations
Community Focus Groups • List specific orgs….. • Ed Roberts Campus • Friends of Adeline • Local residents • NAACP • Youth Spirit Artworks • Y-PLAN • Local businesses • Local artists/ Cultural and
performing arts • Planners and designers • Community- and faith-based
organizations
ACOT’s role: Focus Groups
Recommend organizations/ neighborhood associations/ businesses, etc..
Youth Spirit Artworks Collaboration
Engaging Local Youth Photovoice Surveys
PhotoVOICE Project Provide local youth with an opportunity to tell their stories of the Adeline Corridor in their own words
Photovoice Outcomes: • Empower students and local youth by
providing a space to explore issues, voice ideas and identify opportunities for the future of Adeline
• Build a portfolio of artwork to share with
the community to share at the Juneteenth Festival on June 21st!
Photovoice The PhotoVoice project has three steps: Step 1: PhotoHUNT Step 2: PhotoSelfie Step 3: PhotoCollage
Step 1: PhotoHUNT
Step 1: PhotoHUNT Each youth participant will be given a disposable camera and asked to take pictures on Adeline/ South Shattuck that responds to a series of questions
Step 1: PhotoHUNT Present-Day Adeline / South Shattuck Corridor • What do you like about Adeline / South Shattuck? • What is the most beautiful thing on Adeline /
South Shattuck? • Where do you like to socialize or hang out along
Adeline / South Shattuck? • What don’t you like about Adeline / South
Shattuck?
Step 1: PhotoHUNT
Step 1: PhotoHUNT Future Adeline / South Shattuck Corridor •What would you like Adeline / South Shattuck to look like in the future?
•What do you want more of along Adeline / South Shattuck (e.g., public art, parks, retail stores, entertainment options)?
*More than one photo can be taken for any one of these prompts.
Step 3: PhotoCOLLAGE With the photos gathered from Steps 1 & 2,
students will develop a two-part digital poster that represents:
• What do you like about Adeline/South
Shattuck? • What would you like Adeline/ South
Shattuck to look like in the future?
Step 3: PhotoCOLLAGE
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Step 1 Step 2
Step 3: PhotoCOLLAGE
Design of Walk & Bike Audits
Walk & Bike Audits
Purpose • Find ways to make corridor safer and
more inviting.
• Target: bicyclists and pedestrians, including people with disabilities
• Explore the roadway and sidewalk together
Walk & Bike Audits
Audit times • 10-10:30am
Round trip bike audit to preview route as a bicyclist
• 11am-12:30pm Walk audit focused on improvements for bicycling
• 1:30-3pm Walk audit focused on improvements for walking, including for persons with disabilities
Walk & Bike Audits
Insert walk/bike audit map
Ideas for Site Audits
• Prompt question?
• Prompt question?
ACOT’s role: Site Audits?
Volunteer at the audits Tell people..spread the word…
Design of Pop-Up Event
Pop-Up Event #1 Purpose
• Program underutilized sidewalks and open spaces
• Create cleaner and safer streets
• Enhance community pride and ownership
Pop-Up Event #1
Pop-Up Event #1
Pop-Up Event #1 Location
• North-east corner of Adeline and Fairview
• In front of Berkeley Design Center
Date & Time • Saturday, June 13th • 10am – 5pm
Pop-Up Event #1 Location
• North-east corner of Adeline and Fairview
• In front of Berkeley Design Center
Date & Time • Saturday, June 13th • 10am – 5pm
Berkeley Design Center
Post Office
BART
Ed Roberts Greg
Brown Park
BART
Firehouse Rasa
Black Repertory Theater
LACIS Houses
Pop-Up Event #1
Adeline St
Berkeley Design Center
Post Office
BART
Firehouse Rasa
Black Repertory Theater
LACIS
Pop-Up Event #1
Adeline St
Berkeley Design Center
Post Office
BART
Firehouse Rasa
Black Repertory Theater
LACIS
Bus Stop
Parking
Pop-Up Event #1
Adeline St
Berkeley Design Center
Post Office
BART
Firehouse Rasa
Black Repertory Theater
LACIS
Pop-Up Event #1 Potential Activities
• Gathering • Sitting • Outdoor Eating • Street Play • Other
Potential Program Elements
• Visioning Area • Destination for walking
and bike tours • Bike Corral • Areas for sitting, eating,
dining, etc • Music & Performing
area • Play Area • Other
Pop-Up Event #1 Potential Activities
• Gathering • Sitting • Outdoor Eating • Street Play
Potential Program Elements
• Destination for walking and bike tours
• Areas for sitting, eating, dining, etc
• Music & Performing area
• Play Area • Visioning Area • Bike Corral
Pop-Up Event #1 Next Steps
• Design Pop-Up • Programs • Site Activities
• Coordinate with City for Permits (Sidewalks, Bike Coral, etc)
• Coordinate with Stakeholders for Different Elements including Furniture (Tables and Chairs, Umbrellas, etc)
• Coordinate with Stakeholders with • Reach out to Adjoining Businesses • Reach to Advertise Pop-Up
Group Brainstorming
Ideas for Pop-Up Event #1
• Prompt question?
• Prompt question?
ACOT’s role: Pop Up #1?
Volunteer at the pop-ups Tell people..spread the word…
Next Steps
Next Steps
• Pop-Up Event #1 & Site Audits: June 13, 2015
• Juneteenth Festival: June 21, 2015
• Next ACOT meeting: July 11, 2015
• Visioning Workshop: August 8, 2015
Questions
Alisa Shen, Principal Planner
Email: [email protected]
Jamillah Jordan, Community Engagement Coordinator Email: [email protected]