CDAD Placemaking Workshop

Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD)

CDAD is Detroit’s association of community development and neighborhood improvement organizations. It enhances the capacity and effectiveness of its members, other community-based organizations and Detroit residents through advocacy, training, technical assistance, information sharing, education and facilitating common action.

Workshop Goals

Provide an overview of the Placemaking concept and process

Provide an opportunity to talk about Placemaking in Detroit

Share information about CDAD’s Placemaking grant

What is placemaking?

Placemaking: a collaborative process of people coming together to create the great public spaces at the heart of their community

-a transformative approach that inspires people to create and improve their public places-rooted in community-based participation-involves the planning, design, management and programming of public spaces. (Project for Public Spaces)

The benefits of place

MANAGE THE SPACE

Have attractions

and destinations

Have a flexible space

Encourage seasonal

uses

Manage the

experience

The Power of 10

Power of 10 is the idea that any great place itself needs to offer at least 10 things to do or 10 reasons to be there. These could include a place to sit, playgrounds to enjoy, art to touch, music to hear, food to eat, history to experience, and people to meet. Ideally, some of these activities are unique to that particular spot and are interesting enough to keep people coming back.  The local folks who use the space most regularly are the best source of ideas for what uses will work best.(Project for Public Spaces)

The placemaking process

Community Engagement

1. GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS

Use the PM process to increase civic engagement

Find people who can provide historical context

Talk to people who are using the space to see how they use it currently

Talk to people about why they do not use the space

Ask people about their hopes for the space and the community

Choosing your space

Traditional methods of choosing a space may not be appropriate in all of Detroit…

Choosing a space should be done with the community

Can be a space of historical significance Should be a space that is important to the

community in some way Can it contribute to community safety? Can it be a new space for the community to

come together? Is it on a walking route to school? RECLAIMING OUTDOOR SPACE

Can people easily walk through the space?

Are people using the space? Why or why not?

Are people using the site as groups or individually?

Is the space easily accessible?

2. Evaluate the space

The community’s vision for the space: To identify the activities that will take

place in the space To create a positive image To create a comfortable space To create a space where people want to

be To create a space that will give people a

sense in the area.

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3. Plan a vision for the place

THE ALLEY PROJECT-SOUTHWEST DETROIT

-temporary

-provides an opportunity to see how the space functions under different circumstances

-allows time to try different

-lighter, quicker, cheaper (LQC)

‘start with petunias’

.

4. Identify short-term ‘experiments’

5. DEVELOP BROADER, LONGER PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SPACE

Based on the short-term experiments

Develop a long-term plan

Plan long-term experiments

Consider all the different stakeholders: residents, municipality, local business…

6. EVALUATION

Evaluation should be on-going and should encourage re-thinking and re-planning of any given space. (iterative

process)

Make sure that any evaluation should involve different stakeholders including users of the space, sponsors and

even city staff and elected officials

“You don’t have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.”-Majora Carter

Placemaking in Detroit

Placemaking in Detroit

Campus Martius River Walk Eastern Market Dequindre Cut Palmer Park Osborn Edible Hut Heidelberg Project Peaches and Greens Others?

Palmer Park

Osborn Edible Hut

Campus Martius

CDAD Placemaking Grant

Application deadline March 24, 2015

Community groups are encouraged to apply

The group needs to have 501c3 status or have a fiduciary to sponsor them

One grant per district will be awarded

Each grant is for $7000.00

Residents in each district will get a chance to vote for their favorite project at a CDAD caucus meeting in April

Eligible Expenses

Purchase of materials to create a discernable space (seating, tables, garbage cans, lights, etc.)

Purchase of materials related to programming the space (paint, blankets, movie equipment, chess boards, table tennis, etc.)

Promotional materials Permits Architectural designs/drawings (e.g. blueprint for

basketball court)

Ineligible expenses

Illegal activities Alcohol Maintaining existing services (you can build on an

existing service but you can’t maintain at current level)

Projects should/can…

Address a priority for action identified by the community (e.g. safety, vacant lots, lack of community gathering space, community pride, etc)

Have wide support from the community/strong community engagement component

Have an identified community partner that can provide support with programming

Have a long-term vision for the space Have a group of people that are willing to work together to maintain

and program the space Build on an existing placemaking effort Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper

Timeline

February 23 – applications open March 24 – applications close First week of April, finalists notified Finalists’ phone conference with PPS for budget review April 13-25 CDAD caucus meetings, residents in each

district can vote for their favorite project Winners announced End of April grantees meet with PPS for site review May projects begin

What are we looking for?

Robust community engagement process – show us that you involved the community in the entire process (from choosing the space to programming and maintanence)

A clear plan on how to maintain a level of programming and maintenance (sustainability)

Realistic in terms of timeline and budget Contributes toward the betterment of the community

around it

For more information and to get an application form, please email Madhavi ReddyCDAD Strategic Framework Managermadhavireddy@cdad-online.org

Thank you!