Our Work
Our Work shares signature initiatives and experience that were completed while in various roles and with various entities including Woodward Avenue Action Association, City of Cedar Rapids, Denver Regional Council of Governments, City of Austin, Red River Cultural District, Nonprofit Spot, Camping Season Supply and independent consulting.
People.
Our Values: Get Grassroots
Grassroots (noun) the most basic level of an activity or organization. Ordinary people regarded as the main body of an organization’s membership. Use collective action
Grassroots movements are associated with bottom-up, rather than top-down decision-making, and are sometimes considered more natural or spontaneous than more traditional power structures.
*Photo: RRCD / Ismael Quintanilla III
People: Community Organizing
Community Development Initiative focused on bringing business, residents, and history together along Woodward Avenue (Detroit, Michigan). The Park District was one community organizing effort among a larger coalition building effort to bring 2 counties, 11 communities and public private partnerships together along a National Scenic Byway. (*Work Completed as Woodward Avenue Action Association)
Engagement Strategies
COVID-19 Industry Focus Groups
Coalition Building
Denver Regional Council of Governments first Citizen’s Advisory Committee
Partnership Development
Place.
Our Values: Community
Place (noun). physical environment. Physical surroundings. A particular region, center of population or location. A public square, small street or court. A distinct condition, position, or state of mind.
Place: National Scenic Byway, Michigan
Promoting heritage preservation and tourism through the creation of the Woodward Avenue way finding and interpretative signage strategy and the installation of the byway signage.
District Planning
Creation of South Congress Public Improvement District
North Lamar International District Economic Strategy Development
Public Policy
Development of City of Austin Public Improvement District (PID) Policy with cohort of team members
Cedar Rapids 2% for Public Art Policy
Program + Grant Development
Development of place-based economic development program targeting business and cultural districts
Legacy Business Relief Grant Program – Matrix
Small Business Relief Grant Program – Matrix
Experience.
Our Values: Assets
Experience (noun). something personally encountered, undergone, or lived through. the conscious events that make up an individual life. the events that make up the conscious past of a community or nation or humankind generally.
*Photo: RRCD / Renee Dominguez
Experience: Reflections of a Legacy, East 12th Street District
A community-based living archive sharing the business and cultural history of the E. 12th Street community through a partnership with residents, artists, historians, curators, consultants, businesses and more.
Event Curation
Red River Cultural District Free Week
Place Keeping
East Cesar Chavez Field Guide.
Culture + Heritage
Manor Road Promotional Video
Experience: Hot Summer Nights, Red River Cultural District
Hot Summer Nights, 3-day free art and music festival in the heart of the local and state designated Red River Cultural District. Prioritizing the need to preserve our Austin’s music heritage and its significant contributions to the local economy.