The aim of Placemaking is to enable residents, retailers and
industry to express and implement a vision of how they want their
areas and neighbourhoods to be developed.
Policy planner - urban design, Geoff Wilkinson says the
Palmerston North City Council has partnered with David Engwicht of
Creative Communities to produce a Placemaking programme each for
residents, retailers and professionals.
"Council has already identified a number of retailers and
professionals to take part in those respective pilots however we
now require a small number of volunteers to have a go.
"It's an exciting project with numerous possibilities. Hopefully
the public will start to notice some changes when they're out and
about however we'll be updating the Facebook page as a fall back
option."
The programme will be launched at the end of the month by David
Engwicht and those participating will have until early October to
realise their visions.
Successful applicants will receive a pilot pack and each team
leader will receive a facilitator's pack. Each pack contains a:
manual; guidelines; drawer of resources; party pack; get out of
jail free card - "That's in case your project unwittingly
contravenes a regulation!" says Geoff.
Applications close on 17 August and can be made on the Facebook page, Placemaking-Palmerston
North.
You can find out more information about Placemaking by visiting
http://placemaking.org.nz/, http://www.creative-communities.com/ and http://www.pps.org/