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Home My WebLink About10/17/16 PowerPoint - Placemaking Downtown Placemaking Initiative Report to Council, October 17 2016 Places for People Places for People Direction from City Council • Activities • What we’re learning • Key next steps • Council Direction Overall big map • THE BAKER’S DOZEN 2021 World Championships • Investment in Creative Industries • EWEB Redevelopment • Telling the story • Activities So Far Project for Public Spaces Activities So Far Project for Public Spaces Activities So Far Two weeks with PPS • Workshops • Presentations • Stakeholder interviews • Tours and site analysis • Pop-up stations • Online Surveys • Listening • Making connections • Activities So Far Two weeks with PPS • Workshops • Presentations • Stakeholder interviews • Tours and site analysis • Pop-up stations • Online Surveys • Listening • Making connections • Activities So Far Two weeks with PPS • Workshops • Presentations • Stakeholder interviews • Tours and site analysis • Pop-up stations • Online Surveys • Listening • Making connections • Activities So Far Two weeks with PPS • Workshops • Presentations • Stakeholder interviews • Tours and site analysis • Pop-up stations • Online Surveys • Listening • Making connections • Pop Up Stations •Plaza at the Hult th •10& Olive •Saturday Market •Farmers Market Feast •Downtown Library th •Bi-Mart, 18& Chambers •Market of Choice, Willakenzie •Pueblo a Pueblo Festival, Petersen Barn •Farmers Market •HultCenter A Focus on 4 Existing Spaces Overall big map • Lesson #1: Build on Success Lesson #2: It’s Not Just About Public Space 1.Active adjacent uses. 2.Synergy Vibrancy. 3.Successful places have community benefit. Lesson #3: History and authenticity matter The Parks Blocks are our most iconic, historic • public place. Reinforcing our local history reinforces a sense • of place. 1853 Eugene Skinner’s Land Claim Charnel Mulligan’s Land Claim 1856 1866 1895 1853 1853 1916 1927 1956 Lesson #4: Restore the Civic Heart Lesson #4: Restore the Civic Heart Lesson #4: Restore the Civic Heart Restore the historic role of the Park Blocks to reinforce the center of downtown. More than a park • Build on success • Create active uses • 100 year vision • Key Next Steps Ongoing survey • Public workshops and • events Final report in Feb. 2017 • Report Back to Council in • early spring Downtown Placemaking Initiative