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SKINKER DEBALIVIERE BETTER BLOCK PROJECT Kick-Off Public Meeting| February 22, 2014 Welcome! Agenda Introductions Coffee! Todays Goals Learn about the Better Block Project Select the Location & Date Brainstorm for

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SKINKER DEBALIVIERE BETTER BLOCK PROJECT

Kick-Off Public Meeting| February 22, 2014

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Welcome!

 Agenda  Introductions  Coffee!

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Today’s Goals

 Learn about the Better Block Project  Select the Location & Date  Brainstorm for the Event  List out Community Assets/Resources  Form the Better Block Planning Team &

Schedule Next Meeting

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What is a Better Block?

 Giant, temporary art installation  Demonstration & experimentation tool  Planned by community members  Collect feedback from attendees  Goals: Alter the perception of that block, test

ideas, facilitate permanent change

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Why in Skinker DeBaliviere

 The Community Development

Administration approached us with the idea. Thru CDA, we are receiving funding from HUD for the project.

 Great fit for our neighborhood

 New & energizing activity  Encourage action on the new Master Plan

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The Better Block Project

 TEDxOU Talk by Jason Roberts: “How to Build

a Better Block”

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What could we address?

 Safety  Shared Access  Stay Power  8-80 Amenities  More

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Select the Location

 Considerations:

 Proximity to a neighborhood  Area with good pedestrian form  Lacking a “complete street”  Potential for permanent change

 Recommendation: Des Peres Avenue

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Des Peres Avenue

 Neighborhood Center  “Low-hanging fruit” + significant impact  Build on existing momentum

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Select the Date

 Considerations:

 Conflicting events  Weather  Latch to an existing event  Planning time

 Recommendation: Saturday, Sept 6

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Saturday, September 6

 Combine with last BBQ Concert  Other events:

 Monday, September 3: Labor Day  Friday, September 19: Balloon Glow  End of September: SD Homecoming; baseball

playoffs begin

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Brainstorm!

 Imagine your ideal block.

 What purpose(s) does it serve?  What does it look like?

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Brainstorm!

 What could we create for one day?

 “Pop-up” businesses: cafe, bookstore, art studio  People-friendly: dog park, garden, plantings  Street improvements: bike lanes, crosswalks  Block Party: music, art, interactive activities

 What do we want to test & evaluate?

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Community Resources

 We need a variety of expertise,

relationships, and supplies. What assets or resources do we have in our community?

 Volunteers  Donations  Property owners & developers

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Better Block Planning Team

 Will you help create our Better Block?  March Team Meeting: Sat March 15, 10am

 Develop preliminary Event Plan: activities, map  Select the activity(ies) you want to make happen  Discuss evaluation methods

 April Team Meeting: Sat April 5, 10am

 Finalize Event Plan

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Before the March Meeting

 What can we do before the March team

meeting to make progress quickly?

 Keep learning about Better Blocks

betterblock.org/how-to-build-a-better-block/

 Reach out to other people and resources  Think about activities for the event  What else?

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Thank you!

 We are excited to get to work together with

you to create Skinker DeBaliviere’s first Better Block! See you in March!

Liz Pund liz.pund@skinker-debaliviere.com (314) 862-5122