Fall 2020 – Workshop #3: Civic Engagement Prototyping
Today’s session was rapid-fire. The Rogers Park CDI process is officially beginning tomorrow and we have just one week before the first...
Louisa Zheng
- Sep 16, 2020
Fall 2020 – Workshop #2: Community and Design Facilitation
I'm always blown away by the enthusiasm and love of this city that each person brings to City Open. This season is already gunning as we...
Louisa Zheng
- Sep 13, 2020
Fall 2020 – Site visit: Get to know Rogers Park
We met at the corner of Howard and Ashland ready for a site visit of Hello Howard Garden in Rogers Park, hoping to contextualize the Rogers Park Corridor Development Initiative (CDI) and hear more specifically what the community and aldermanic office of the 49th Ward are looking for in the public Request for Proposals of the two city-owned lots the gardens sit on. Huge shoutout to our guides, 49th Ward Director of Economic & Community Development Torrence Gardner and Program
Paola Aguirre + Louisa Zheng
- Sep 2, 2020
Fall 2020– Workshop #1: What is a Corridor Development Initiative?
We kicked-off City Open Workshop Fall 2020 – we are excited to be collaborating this season with the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) team and supporting the Corridor Development Initiative (CDI) in Rogers Park. As we edit and publish our session notes on this session, please see session video below. Documentation materials for this session available in these links: Agenda + Notes (Google Doc) Presentation (Google Slides) MPC has worked with the City on previous CDI’s suc