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#6 — Focus attention on assets without directly promoting them<br />
Award ceremonies, campaigns, competitions, and parties can also draw peoples’ attention to assets (Table 2.12).<br />
Table 2.12: Various programs and other activities can also raise peoples’ awareness of assets<br />
Project Run by/Involving Methods Key aspect(s)<br />
Award of Excellence<br />
program<br />
Minnesota Recreation and<br />
Parks Association<br />
Annual competitive program to<br />
recognize local assets. Among 2011’s<br />
11 winners was the Como Regional<br />
Park Pool in St. Paul (selected in the<br />
category of Parks & Facilities). When<br />
asked by local media to comment on<br />
the rewards, the mayor of St. Paul said<br />
it recognized the city’s excellent Parks<br />
and Recreation Department.<br />
Recognition for assets<br />
and those who sustain<br />
them<br />
People for Parks, Minneapolis<br />
Annual Picture-a-Park Photo<br />
competition to stimulate interest in<br />
parks.<br />
Photo competition<br />
Competition<br />
Detroit by Design (America<br />
Institute of Architects,<br />
Detroit branch)<br />
Open international invite to submit<br />
designs for a public space on the city’s<br />
riverfront. Jury members participated<br />
in a symposium, attended by over<br />
400, to discuss what shape Detroit’s<br />
riverfront should take, and what cities<br />
it could draw inspiration from.<br />
Competition / Debate<br />
Great Green Beaning<br />
Project<br />
Frogtown Gardens<br />
Non-profit that advocates for<br />
urban green spaces and sustainable<br />
development distributed 6,000 beans<br />
to 250 local homes. The beans were<br />
chosen because they produce food but<br />
also because of their distinctive bright<br />
red flowers. Half of these homes now<br />
have them.<br />
Public involvement in<br />
awareness-raising<br />
Box 2.4: A summary of the ways you can make people aware of your “asset offer”<br />
• Tell: tell people what assets are on their doorstep<br />
• Reach out: actively go out to the public to “market your wares”<br />
• Show: take people on real and virtual tours<br />
• Help: help people to find out about assets by developing and/or using tools and maps<br />
• Lure: raise awareness by physically drawing people in to assets<br />
• Hint: indirectly raise awareness through awards, competitions, and promotional material<br />
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