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Overview: Activating public space is crucial to bringing people back to the district as we move into recovery mode. Making this happen takes a lot of work developing the right partnerships to make your activations successful. Learn from two seasoned professionals how they approached activations during the pandemic and how they are moving into recovery mode which includes incorporating storefronts to benefit businesses more directly.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what it takes to build community trust.
- How to recognize and engage the right partners.
- How social media plays an important role in promoting and supporting successful activations.
May 21, 2021 | 11:15am ET (8:15am PT)
Domain: Public Space Management and Operations
Pricing: IDA Members: Free | Nonmembers: $40
Advancing Places is an online series aimed at empowering IDA members with the solutions needed to address the most critical urban issues of the day. This session will include a moderated Q&A and will be recorded for member and nonmember use in the future.
Speakers:
- Michael Edwards, CEO, Chicago Loop Alliance (Chicago, IL)
- Elizabeth Burt, Director of Urban Activation + Play, Centro San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
Moderator:
- David Downey, President & CEO, International Downtown Association
Speakers
Michael Edwards
CEO, Chicago Loop Alliance (Chicago, IL)
Since joining Chicago Loop Alliance in 2012, President and CEO Michael M. Edwards—an economic development expert—has been overseeing the organization’s vision of creating, promoting and managing a high-performing urban experience that will attract people and investment to the Loop. Edwards is a founding member of the Global Business Districts Innovation Club based in Paris, France. He previously served two-terms on the IDA board.
Elizabeth Burt
Director of Urban Activation + Play, Centro San Antonio
Liz is a passionate underutilized space evangelist known for collaboration matchmaking + play based troublemaking (snow, pumpkins, and Parisian mimes included). She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Public Policy studying Public Administration. More recently, she oversaw the award winning Activate Houston Street Initiative, a placemaking action plan to reinvigorate the historic pedestrian corridor in the heart of Downtown, which is recognized as a Best Practice in Public Space Management by the International Downtown Association, for which she is also a proud Emerging Leader Fellow.
More Information
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