Getting a Return on Creative Placemaking
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What You'll Learn
- Learn ways to speak to community leaders about the value of creative placemaking and why it is worth investing in.
- Focus on local assets to identify strategies to get placemaking projects accomplished.
- Understand creative placemaking from an abstract concept into practical, real-world applications.
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Limited resources can make it difficult to invest in quality-of-life initiatives. This course focuses on getting a return on investment to justify placemaking initiatives.
Hamilton, Ohio, has been recognized as a leader in creative placemaking as a part of the National Creative Placemaking Immersion Program for its investment in the arts. Employing public-private partnerships to leverage small public investments, the city transformed a vacant lot into a premier park that serves as the hub of arts and cultural activity. Placemaking has spurred new storefronts, apartments, and businesses in a downtown that was a ghost town in 2012.
South Bend, Indiana's department of Venues Parks & Arts aims to inspire a more liveable city by connecting residents to emotionally engaging experiences and to one another. South Bend is investing over $50 million into is parks and trails system. This plan leveraged big data analysis and resident input, supported heavily by private investment, and is designed to capture a significant amount of return on investment.