Snapshots

Are your highways an asset? How could your creative people intersect? Midwest cities are discovering new roles their highways play in everyday life. 

• The Idle is a parklet concept that activates unused green space near I65 in Indianapolis. The Idle is funded in part by CreatINg Places, an IHCDA matched crowdfunding grant.
• Akron, Ohio is repurposing an unused highway that isolates part of its population.  
  
  

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On setting goals...
During From the Ground Up: A Creative Placemaking Workshop, Rose Scovel, AICP, Director of Capacity Building at Prosperity Indiana, spoke about goal setting and its importance to ultimately communicating impact. Here are some preliminary questions to consider:

• What are you trying to achieve?
• What is success?
• Will this be a stretch to accomplish?
• Is it too much of a stretch?
• How does this advance a vision?
• When do we want to achieve it?

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Support

Open Scene Creative Placemaking Consultancy: Application is due July 30. Learn more and apply. 

National Association of Realtors Placemaking Microgrants: NAR’s Placemaking Initiative encourages REALTOR® associations and their members, to engage in Placemaking in their communities. Read more.

Want your community project to be featured in The Weekly Scoop? Have questions about creative placemaking and how to get started? Let us know! Contact:
Anna Tragesser
Artist and Community Services Manager
atragesser@iac.IN.gov
317.232.1281