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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 />

65 | The New Barn-Raising

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