Neighborhood CONNECTED Downtown Pontiac Summer of PLAY:
One Be Lo @ The Strand, Placemaking US “Road Trip for the Recovery,” Earth Day 51 Pontiac “Follow-Up,” Design Studio of the Future & the 5th Annual Park(ing) Day Pontiac
In addition the Brookings Institution has compiled a list of resources & EVIDENCE on how “Playful Learning” leads to the development of the imagination and learning skills essential for preparing our 21st Century Citizenry.
One Be Lo’s new album “Being a Black Youth” is full of reflections on “Systems Thinking,” Cities, Education & LEARNING gleaned from growing up in Pontiac, Michigan & travelling the world!
Click below for tickets to the concert this Saturday, 7pm - 6-12-2021.
We will host a Design Charrette for the June 24th, 2021 arrival of Placemaking US leadership team to Pontiac, to include a tour of community assets and more! Let us know how you may wish to participate and contribute…
We covered this topic with Senator Rosemary Bayer in our Earth Day 51 Pontiac/Placemake Earth Challenge (click below for video)
Working on development of a Recycling (NextCycle) Grant around FOUNTAINS, Clean Water Systems & a Car Free Downtown (Close Saginaw, Huron to Phoenix Center) per Senator Bayer’s suggestion in the video. Additional preparations for the Placemaking US Road Trip arrival & our 5th Annual Park(ing) Day Pontiac program are ongoing.
10 min video summary and playlist of our WHOLE 3 hour conversation (click below)
We’re also considering an application for this Michigan Municipal League Main Street Microgrant. Would appreciate any contributions via thoughts, ideas, concepts, etc. regarding same! Collective Knowledge & Intelligence exceeds Single-Mindedness…
Below is a “Rough DRAFT” of a District 1, Citizens District Council (CDC) Design Concept (Robert Bass and Laurie Bishop)
