Cherokee ComEuniTY HUB
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Cherokee ComEuniTY HUB
Cherokee ComEuniTY HUB Open-Space Infrastructure for an Interactive Plaza “We need common (s)pace!” ! Common space Novel opportunities to meet and connect with neighbors and visitors to Cherokee Common space Novel opportunities to meet and connect with neighbors and visitors to Cherokee & Common pace Changing the speed we live life -playing more, exploring more . . . . . . . in ways that are better for our bodies & the environment WHY ? FOR WHO? “What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people.” –william h. white A Case Study for Community Commons: “The Acknowledge Lot” SE corner of Cherokee St and Texas Ave * Cinco de Mayo Interactive Mural 2006 * Dia de los Muertos Vigil 2007 * (Park)ing Day Celebration 2007-8 Cinco de Mayo Temporary Community Mural 2006 Dia de los Muertos Community Ofrenda 2007 Dia de los Muertos Community Ofrenda 2007 Dia de los Muertos Community Vigil 2007 Dia de los Muertos Community Vigil 2007 (Park)ing Day Celebration 2007 (Park)ing Day Celebration 2007 (Park)ing Day Celebration 2007 (Park)ing Day Celebration 2008 (Park)ing Day Celebration 2008 Mucca Pazza at APOP - Spring 2008 Mucca Pazza at APOP - Spring 2008 Mucca Pazza at APOP - Spring 2008 Dia de los Muertos “Must be on Wheels Parade” 2008 What is the Cherokee Community Hub? Community-based design will transform a strategicallylocated intersection into a plaza atmosphere. This built environment will include shade structure, seating, and green space. On-site programming will encourage community interaction through music, dance, art, and play. By developing a vibrant, energetic gathering place open to all, the Community Hub will facilitate pedestrian traffic to local businesses and conversations with neighbors in a safe, open locale. Visitors will invited to join in! As accessible opportunities to connect across cultures increase, mutual respect will grow and preserve the diversity that is the hallmark of the neighborhood. Move-meant will become the nature of Cherokee. How do we do it? > assemble a work team and hold a project-specific design charette >research, choose, and secure a centrally-located LRA lot >create and community-approve a design >innovative, green >historically-informed >old—meets-new- reclaimed/recycled alongside sustainable/experimental elements >commission an artistic element: “a visual invitation” could be signage, kiosk, mural, ceramic sculpture, >build! integrate community volunteer teams with professionals with “New Pace” Programming >experiment > live music sessions > dance lessons: hiphop, salsa, squaredance > weekly themed walking tours What will it cost? The IW $25,000 Seed Grant would: secure the lot, implement simple infrastructure and greenspace, and provide for a short event series. With the seed grant in place, we would intend to secure matching funds to allow the project’s elaboration for ‘state of the art’ design, potentially looking to: >Gateway Foundation, >NEA Fast-track grants for public art >Private donors to land at a target budget of: $ 50,000-75,000 which would pay: >Project coordinators >Architectural planning/ Landscape design >Purchase lot >Building & plant materials and labor costs >Commission public art/signage >Design and print street-long “walking map” >Interactive Programming Series & Publicity >Maintenance Where will it lead? Wouldn’t it be nice… **** To have an interconnected series of community hubs: sites that take over formerly abandoned lots and transform them into alive sites for gathering . . . Including flea markets, playgrounds, community gardens, places for thought…. **** To develop a festival series that “links” the various hubs, by closing down the street between them **** To collaborate on a permanent, indoor “welcome center” and movement studio that can host continued Community Hub activity even during inclement weather The twins prepare the ‘hub’ for (Park)ing Day 08. “Sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city’s wealth of public life may grow.” –jane jacobs