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 23   <br />reach  70,000  by  2025,  refinement  of  this  already  culturally  and  academically  rich  but  physically   <br />challenged  urban  district  was  critical  to  the  growth  and  progress  of  Downtown  and  to  the  city’s   <br />vitality  as  a  whole.     <br />   <br />We  worked  with  a  variety  of  city  agencies,  institutional  leadership  teams,  and  stakeholder   <br />advisory  groups,  convening  four  public  programs  with  international  urban  and  cultural   <br />visionaries  and  four  participatory  public  planning  and  design  workshops   <br />   <br />Team:  Tom  Borrup  (project  manager),  Peter  Musty  (urban  design),  Harry  Waters  Jr.  (public   <br />process),  Lucas  Erickson  (event  coordination)   <br />   <br />Active  Planning  Partners:  Hennepin  Theatre  Trust,  City  of  Minneapolis,  Walker  Art  Center,   <br />ArtSpace,  Inc.   <br />   <br />Contract:  September  2011  –  January  2013   <br />   <br />Services:  Coordination  of  multiple  stakeholder  and  focus  groups,  public  events,  and  plan   <br />formulation;  detailed  analysis  of  current  land  use  and  zoning,  research  on  under-­‐utilized  real   <br />estate  parcels,  assessment  of  development  opportunities  and  obstacles,  and  policy   <br />recommendations  for  strategic  in-­‐fill  development;  devise  a  program  of  vacant  storefront  and   <br />property  animation;  adoption  of  plan  by  Minneapolis  City  Council.   <br />   <br />Agency  of  Record:     <br />Hennepin  Theatre  Trust   <br />Tom  Hoch,  President  and  CEO   <br />710  Hennepin  Avenue   <br />Minneapolis,  MN  55402   <br />tom.hoch@hennepintheatretrust.org   <br />612-­‐455-­‐9510   <br />   <br />C.  Artistry  and  the  City  of  Bloomington,  MN:  Creative  Placemaking  in  the  South  Loop     <br />   <br />Creative  Community  Builders  produced  an  actionable  Creative  Placemaking  Plan  and  conducted   <br />a  series  of  temporary  and  permanent  high-­‐visibility  demonstration  projects  in  Bloomington’s   <br />South  Loop  District  “To  establish  the  South  Loop  as  a  distinctive  destination  known  for  how  it   <br />welcomes  creative  people  and  uses  the  arts  to  transform  the  neighborhood.”    Adopted  in  mid-­‐ <br />2015,  by  the  Bloomington  City  Council,  the  plan  established  a  formal  Creative  Placemaking   <br />Commission  and  a  Director  of  Placemaking  for  the  City  –  the  first  such  move  by  a  City  in  the  U.S.     <br />Project  goals  are  to:  Enhance  the  aesthetic  quality  of  the  South  Loop’s  built  environment;   <br />Activate  the  South  Loop’s  physical,  social  and  cultural  environment;  Build  capacity  to  sustain   <br />placemaking  leaders  and  champions;  Engage  the  South  Loop  community  and  stakeholders;   <br />Elevate  South  Loop’s  identity;  Foster  the  creative  sector.  The  project  was  funded  by  an  “Our