Welcome to Season 8- Fall 2020, City Open Explores
What models and communities can inspire and energize City Open to grow as as an organization?
City Open began in 2016 with the desire to combine policy and design to give Chicago communities visioning, tools and vocabulary to bring their projects to life. Over time, it has evolved into an amazing network of designers, policy planners, data scientists and many more.
We have explored many different formats- from in-person workshops, to Uptown tours, to ADU advocacy. At this point- we are at a junction where City Open could be many different things in the future. There are opportunities to grow our in-person meet-ups, the digital resources we provide, and the planning technical assistance.
So for the spring, we introduce City Open Explores. It is roaming and themeless. We intend to visit models and host workshops to test different models with the goal of an evolution this summer. At this moment, we are monitoring the current health climate and will update the calendar once we know more:
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A Town Hall Simulation (February 20th)
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Chi Hack Night (March 3rd)
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Design Month: Sprint and Critique (to be scheduled)
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TOD Site Crawl (to be scheduled)
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Barbecue (to be scheduled)
You can find workshop agendas below – our typical agenda looks something like this:
6:00 Meet and greet! Hang out, grab a bite and/or get to know other participants!
6:15 Welcome/ Introductions / Background of City Open / Announcements / Workshops
Calendar / Activities / Season Overview / Mailing List / Website
6:30 Introduction to Workshop or Guest Speaker
7:00 Workshop
8:00 Session Feedback / Teams check-in
8:30 Breakdown
CALENDAR
Workshop #1: Kick off
Thursday, February 20th @ 6pm
Recap Season 7 > Pretend Town Hall > City Open Explores Overview
Where: SmithGroup, 35 E. Wacker Dr., #900
Workshop agenda + other notes available here.
Refreshments: We'll have some snacks and drinks—feel free to bring something to share with our open table!
Workshop #2
Tuesday, March 3rd @ 5:30pm
Workshop > Chi Hack NIght
Where: Marshall's Landing and Braintree, 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza
Workshop agenda + other notes here
Refreshments: We'll grab some snacks at Marshall's Landing and then go up to Chi Hack Night We will not be providing pizza but Chi Hack Night does offer some food
Workshop #3
CANCELLED
Workshop > Randolph Transit Corridor Open House
Where: 120 N. Racine, Suite 200 and Plumber's Hall (1400 W. Washington Blvd)
Refreshments: We'll have some snacks and drinks—feel free to bring something to share with our open table and then walk over to the open house
Workshop #4
CANCELLED
Workshop > City Bureau Pop-Up
Where: To be determined
Workshop agenda and notes will be available here
Refreshments: We'll have some snacks and drinks—feel free to bring something to share with our open table!
Workshop #5
Wednesday, April 8th @ 6pm
Workshop > Design Exercise
Where: 333 S Desplaines St
Workshop agenda + other notes will be available here
Refreshments: We'll have some snacks and drinks—feel free to bring something to share with our open table!
Workshop #6
Wednesday, April 22nd @ 6pm
Workshop > Design Critique
Where: 333 S Desplaines St
Workshop agenda + other notes will be available here.
Refreshments: We'll have some snacks and drinks—feel free to bring something to share with our open table!
Workshop #7: TOD Green Line Tour
Sunday, May 3rd @ 11am
Where: Meet at the Wishbone at the Clinton Green Line
Details to be presented
Spring Season Social & Celebration!
Wednesday, May 13th @ 6:30-8:30 pm
Join us for our end of season social! Connect and/or reconnect with other workshop participants.