Neighborhood

Transition Uptown

Transition Uptown

Early graphics and a look at using OpenStreetMaps for Asset-Mapping the neighborhood

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Transition Uptown

Transition Uptown

The "Share Fair" hosted by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, it brought together groups representing nearly every Chicago neighborhood to share their work on sustainability

Transition Uptown

Transition Uptown

A pre-community charrette we hosted to create different ideas about how some of our intersections and neighborhoods might look

Transition Uptown

Transition Uptown

What we called our "Provocative Image," this was a sketch I did to get people thinking about the "what-if's" and possibilities found in the spaces of our community

Participatory Budgeting

Participatory Budgeting

The first time for this initiative in our ward, we attempted to find, create and refine ideas for how to use part of the 1.3 million dollars given annually by the city to each ward

Participatory Budgeting

Participatory Budgeting

The idea I had (and worked on most) was to create digital community bulletin boards in public spaces. The idea was a bit too complicated to pull off, and never made it to the vote.
 

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ICA Greenrise

ICA Greenrise

Intentional community living in Uptown at the ICA building, the midwest's largest non-profit service center