While other news stories and blogs have provided a recount of the day's events (see further below), this meeting was the beginning of a multistep process - a process to engage the public, united with other stakeholder organizations and the city of Youngstown, to make one pocket of the city a much better place.
The evolution of the project, to be chronicled on the website www.wickparkproject.info (purchased over the weekend, with content to come) will use information technology to further engage the public.
The Wick Park Revitalization Project is becoming another component in Youngstown's ongoing efforts with "open source community development".
Simply put, this is the new standard
No more evading the public for planning public spaces.
No more inept leaders of wayward departments.
No more closed door meetings.
This is the new standard of how future projects should progress.
By incorporating aspects of the polder model, Youngstown's methods of open source community development aim to bring more and more people into the discussion of what the civic space will become.
pictured above are the breakout sessions where individuals described what components they would like to see in the park in the future.
And looking around the room...
What will the final project look like?
Get involved, add your opinions to the mix, and find out.
Second public meeting to be announced in the weeks to come...
Defend Youngstown: 1st Meeting Complete
Valley24.com: Reinventing Wick Park
Vindicator: Wick Park workshop draws 80 participants
Tribune Chronicle: Wick Park Effort Begins
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this. Looking forward to seeing how the process progresses.
Nice work/post.
Defend.
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