Key Speaker - Peter Kageyama
Peter Kageyama is an internationally recognized expert on community development and grassroots engagement. He is the author of For the Love of Cities which explores in detail the value of emotional engagement with our cities, how that connection is created and nurtured, and how it can be turned into a development resource for places.
His book, For the Love of Cities, was recently recognized by Planetizen as a Top 10 Book for 2012 in urban planning, design and development.
Author Peter Kageyama looks at what makes cities lovable, what motivates citizens to do extraordinary things for their places. Peter will speak about how we can turn peoples' emotional engagement with their place into tangible action and use that excitement and energy as a much needed community development resource.
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Workshop description
FREE Community Workshop - "For the Love of Wichita"
This half day workshop explores how people connect with in their own community, how to improve and maximize that connection and lead more people towards being "in love" with their place.
The workshop identifies key community assets including the emotionally engaged citizens that shape the city and develops strategies and tactics to engage these local development resources. We emphasize locally based solutions that do not require significant resources and can be quickly implemented.
Elements Include:
* Overview of Lovable Cities
* Map of what you love about your city - "Wall of Love"
* Messages and marks - designing the city's t-shirt
* Love Notes - samples of what people love from around the world
* Empathy mapping of key demographics such as young professionals, kids and retirees
* Brainstorming the "$500 Dollar" project
* Voting and ranking of the best ideas for next steps
Who Should Attend:
* Elected officials
* Planners and City Managers
* Municipal workers and department leaders
* Arts and Cultural leaders
* Entrepreneurs and business leaders
* Not for profit leaders
* Education leaders
* Young professionals
* Student leaders
* Neighborhood Association leaders
* Concerned citizens who want to share their ideas on the community