Activity Guide | Downtown Bracket Challenge
Activity Guide | Downtown Bracket Challenge
The Downtown Bracket Challenge applies the bracket idea often used in sports competitions to engage people to vote on a creative placemaking project while supporting a good cause to benefit local nonprofit organizations. Community members are invited to donate items for the local non-profit organizations which is tallied as votes for the project of their choice to be installed in the community. After 3 rounds of voting, the winning project is identified and then implemented using previously identified funds. This process allows placemaking efforts to be developed along with community engagement.
This project is an example of how placemaking can be postured in a smaller community to make it more relevant and place based. Ultimately, this project furthers the practice of placemaking by highlighting the importance of knowing one’s audience, and pilots a way to engage a broader community in ways that are easily relatable and understood.
Creative Engagement Public Spaces
