Workshop Recap: #EveryPlaceCounts Spokane Design Challenge, Day 2
This week, USDOT and CNU are bringing the #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge to Spokane, WA as part of the Secretary's Ladders of Opportunity initiative. Led by national transportation and urban design experts, dozens of local officials, residents, and business owners gathered to build consensus and generate strategies for reconnecting neighborhoods impacted by highway infrastructure. According to the City of Spokane:
"The transcontinental I-90 was constructed through the heart of Spokane, dividing the working-class streetcar suburb of East Central. The City anticipates that the technical assistance will serve as an integrator to bring together those affected by the existing I-90 corridor with partners that are committed to creating solutions through a collaborative process to further identify opportunities to maximize connectivity from the new projects currently underway while minimizing transportation infrastructure barriers."
Here are the highlights and insights from the second and final day of work:
#EveryPlaceCounts Spokane continues its work reconnecting neighborhoods today! Follow w/ @USDOT + @cnupublicsquare pic.twitter.com/hxASisaTiv
— NewUrbanism (@NewUrbanism) July 8, 2016
Closing thoughts from @IanLockwoodPE presentation last eve #everyplacecounts #usdot #spokane @NewUrbanism pic.twitter.com/Y69nvRZCqM
— Marcy McInelly (@marcymcinelly) July 8, 2016
Today, our #EveryPlaceCounts design team presents its findings in #Spokane. Learn more: https://t.co/pDtNcJU3mt pic.twitter.com/HbAFjHjs3n
— NewUrbanism (@NewUrbanism) July 8, 2016
This week, we kicked off the #EveryPlaceCounts design workshops in Spokane, Washington - one of four winning cities of the #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge. Constructed through the heart of @spokanecity, the transcontinental I-90 divided the working class suburb of East Central. Click the link in the bio to learn more. #DOTConnects
Using green infrastructure to reconnect the East Central Neighborhood #EveryPlaceCounts #Spokane #DOTconnects pic.twitter.com/CGn8N18hYX
— NewUrbanism (@NewUrbanism) July 8, 2016
Amazingly energetic & charismatic @SimplySJG closing 1st of 4#everyplacecounts events #usdot #spokane @NewUrbanism pic.twitter.com/Z7skTjABJ1
— Marcy McInelly (@marcymcinelly) July 8, 2016
DOT Challenge Aims to Reconnect #Cities Severed by #Highways https://t.co/8MYJHVMPgp jkjenkinney #EveryPlaceCounts https://t.co/eLkjz2cRwE
— Yuri Artibise (@YuriArtibise) July 11, 2016
It's a wrap! Thanks @SpokaneCity for imagining the possibilities with #EveryPlaceCounts. Next stop: Nashville pic.twitter.com/Xsrldfu1fp
— DOT Opportunity (@DOTOpportunity) July 9, 2016
