So before diving deep into
each of the three phases
of the creative
placemaking process,
I wanted to use this chapter to review
and introduce
what each phase is all about.
So as I mentioned
before, the steps in this course
for creative
placemaking is informed
by Placemaking Chicago's Step by Step
Guide on
how to use the placemaking process
to make your neighborhood a better place.
These are the steps that I use
to inform my practice
when facilitating
placemaking workshops
for youth
in the Brownsville neighborhood.
This guide has been super helpful
in curating a strategic
and organized process for young people
to follow,
and even for them to remember
when they
will want
to implement their own
creative placemaking process.
All communities are unique
in their own way,
and although to communities may be facing
the same challenges.
There is a guarantee
that residents from these communities
would share
deferred perspectives
on the causes
and solutions to those challenges.
So with this in mind,
the creative placemaking process
can look different for each neighborhood.
So while planning and visioning
and implementation are the key steps
for this process,
the way that they are implemented
may differ
based on the community that you work with
and the challenges
that you are addressing.
These are the steps
I follow in my practice
when guiding local at risk youth
on their placemaking projects.
And like I said before,
I'll give you a quick
overview of what each of what
each phase encompasses
And I'll dig deeper into the activities
and expectations
you should have in each phase
and the following chapters.
Phase one is the planning phase.
Every great Placemaking
process begins with planning.
This is the first phase as outlined
in Placemaking
Chicago Step by Step Guide.
This phase involves assessing
community challenges
with your community partners.
Of course,
and using these challenges
to decide on solutions
that can be implemented
at a specific site.
You'll select this site
during the planning phase,
identifying additional key stakeholders
and establishing a timeline
for implementing the project.
Also happens during the planning phase.
So when selecting a site,
you want to lead your community partners
on a process that helps them identify
which site
they would like to implement
their placemaking project.
And so one example that
that Placemaking Chicago
has is for having
a stakeholders
and partners to have them list out
ten good things
about spaces in their neighborhood
and ten things that need improvement.
And based on those responses,
and the ability for your partners
to agree on a specific challenge,
then you're able to select a site
because that site may be
a host of those challenges
that were mentioned.
You can also use the ten
good qualities of a space to help guide
the solutions
that you want to implement into
a site that is struggling
Once you select the site, you
can identify the key stakeholders
that you'd want to engage in the decision
making process
for how to revitalize that site.
They may live, work or play in this area.
They may have a stake in the site.
They may use it for whatever purposes,
whether formal or informal.
You want to invite them all
to the process.
And depending on how big of a problem
you're solving, you would use that.
You would use that
to establish
a timeline with your partners as well.
So feel free to get creative
with how you assess the challenges
in the community with your partner.
This can happen
through initial meetings
or or visioning
workshops with your partners.
The second phase,
the envisioning phase, is
where you begin bringing your partners
in, the stakeholders
you identified in the planning phase
to the decision making table.
This phase is where you would hold
your traditional design
and visioning workshops
with residents, merchants,
and other key stakeholders
that live, work and play in that area.
The collective vision
helps to develop your short
term and long term action plans
that help guide the implementation phase.
The purpose of convening key stakeholders
and community
residents is to develop
a collective vision
from a diversified perspective.
To create a creative placemaking project
that actualize a vision for change.
Last but certainly not least,
is Phase three the implementation phase.
Phase three.
Your implementation
phase is where you implement
your short term and long term goals.
These goals are developed
from the collective vision
that you developed
during the envisioning phase
back in Phase two.
This is a very collaborative process
where even more stakeholders
might be invited to the table
to get the project running
We will go into great detail
what implementation can look like
and what it will take
to make the successful.
The planning
and envisioning phase must be successful
in order to properly position
your partner
to implement, manage
and maintain
the placemaking project without you.
In the next few chapters.
I will dove deep
into each of the three phases
of the creative placemaking process,
and I'm super excited to lead you
on this journey.
After the three chapters,
I will introduce exiting communities
and I will conclude this course.