February 2-4, 2017 • St. Louis, Missouri
With the help of several local organizations, we are pleased to announce that some very exciting plans for providing technical assistance are underway, and will take place before, during and after the conference.
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New Partners has teamed up with local and national partners in pursuit of coordinating two separate installations in St. Louis.
The first is a protected bike lane demonstration in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday, February 1. Sponsored in part by the St. Louis REALTORS®, this temporary installation on Pine Street (between 7th & 9th Streets) will help St. Louis residents and city officials learn more about the potential benefits of a permanent protected bike lane in this location. As the City of St. Louis starts a Downtown Transportation Plan, the pop-up lane will demonstrate how to improve safety and bikeability in St. Louis. This installation is being led by Trailnet and PlaceMatters.
Join us for a real hands-on learning experience! The installation will start at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, February 1 and will be up through the afternoon. We strongly encourage conference participants to come early to St. Louis, and join local residents and community leaders in “popping-up” this demonstration project. The pop-up is three blocks south of the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel. From the front door of the hotel, turn right and walk south on 8th Street until you see the pop-up.
The second installation will be a permanent park in an Old North St. Louis neighborhood (planned for May 2017). Sponsored in part by the St. Louis REALTORS®, a parcel of vacant land will become a neighborhood park — creating opportunities for neighborhood residents to take advantage of a new urban greenspace.
During the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference we hope to announce and perhaps have a ribbon cutting ceremony revealing the design and implementation plan for the new park. Currently St. Louis REALTORS, Rebuilding Together, and local community members are working in the Old North St. Louis area to take a parcel of vacant land and collaborate with a new institution which will take on regular maintenance and oversee the park’s development. Preliminary designs are in the works to provide a child friendly, green space where our children can learn about Smart Growth concepts in a real hands-on park-type setting. Stay tuned for more details regarding this effort, including the opportunity to help the St. Louis REALTORS® and Rebuilding Together raise the additional funding needed and increase awareness about this exciting project. Our current timeline and goal is to have the park fully installed in May 2017.
Brought to you by the Local Government Commission and the New Partners Conference, this interactive, half-day workshop will leave you with a variety of hands-on tools and techniques for community-driven improvements to streets, neighborhoods, parks and more. First, you’ll hear examples and best practices to spark ideas, and then workshop leaders will lead you through a variety of exercises to help you plan your own projects.
Hear directly from youth leaders from the St. Louis region who are activated and empowered to address smart growth challenges in their communities and neighborhoods – hear how they are already making a difference and how you can tap into their energy and insights!
You’ll also get the opportunity to network with local organizers working to make St. Louis more vibrant and sustainable, as well as peers from around the country.
Workshop sessions will cover cutting-edge tools and concepts:
- Crowdfunding for community empowerment
- Pop-up events and demonstrations
- Activate your local youth to implement smart growth
- Integrating arts into neighborhood placemaking
Workshop participants will include local community members and residents, as well as peers from around the country working to make their cities more vibrant and sustainable. Join us just for this workshop – or come check out more of the conference.
Brought to you by the Local Government Commission and the New Partners Conference, this interactive, half-day workshop will leave you with a variety of hands-on tools and techniques for community-driven improvements to streets, neighborhoods, parks and more. First, you’ll hear examples and best practices to spark ideas, and then workshop leaders will lead you through a variety of exercises to help you plan your own projects.
Hear directly from youth leaders from the St. Louis region who are activated and empowered to address smart growth challenges in their communities and neighborhoods – hear how they are already making a difference and how you can tap into their energy and insights!
You’ll also get the opportunity to network with local organizers working to make St. Louis more vibrant and sustainable, as well as peers from around the country.
Workshop sessions will cover cutting-edge tools and concepts:
- Crowdfunding for community empowerment
- Pop-up events and demonstrations
- Activate your local youth to implement smart growth
- Integrating arts into neighborhood placemaking
Workshop participants will include local community members and residents, as well as peers from around the country working to make their cities more vibrant and sustainable. Join us just for this workshop – or come check out more of the conference.
In partnership with the Local Government Commission and the Missouri REALTORS®, Community Allies is organizing its program “STL Youth Smart Growth Leaders” around sustainability issues that are connected to the renowned, national New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. “STL Youth Smart Growth Leaders” will help connect 50 students (and their teachers) to local government and other community leaders and give them a role in several smart growth community-led projects that will take place before, during and after the conference. These efforts will also connect teachers and students from the St. Louis region (including East St. Louis) who are exploring the implementation of smart growth principles. Students and teachers will learn from smart growth leaders how to address several key challenges in the region.
Middle school and high school-age youth from several schools and after-school programs across the region will receive transportation to engage in the multiple activities planned for before, during and after the conference. Teachers who are already incorporating smart growth principles into their curriculum and would like to learn more about new tools and innovative strategies to better their communities will be actively engaged. Community Allies will help them coordinate learning opportunities for students through the program development that will be taking place before and during the conference. Through “STL Youth Smart Growth Leaders,” teachers will have the opportunity to connect with a range of current and new St. Louis smart growth youth programs. Community Allies will research the educational impact for youth, teachers, schools, and programs following Institutional Review Board ethically-approved processes.
Youth engaged in these efforts will participate in all planned technical assistance activities, with additional focused youth-led activities taking place January 31 – February 5, 2017.
In partnership with the Local Government Commission and the Missouri REALTORS®, Community Allies is organizing its program “STL Youth Smart Growth Leaders” around sustainability issues that are connected to the renowned, national New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. “STL Youth Smart Growth Leaders” will help connect 50 students (and their teachers) to local government and other community leaders and give them a role in several smart growth community-led projects that will take place before, during and after the conference. These efforts will also connect teachers and students from the St. Louis region (including East St. Louis) who are exploring the implementation of smart growth principles. Students and teachers will learn from smart growth leaders how to address several key challenges in the region.
Middle school and high school-age youth from several schools and after-school programs across the region will receive transportation to engage in the multiple activities planned for before, during and after the conference. Teachers who are already incorporating smart growth principles into their curriculum and would like to learn more about new tools and innovative strategies to better their communities will be actively engaged. Community Allies will help them coordinate learning opportunities for students through the program development that will be taking place before and during the conference. Through “STL Youth Smart Growth Leaders,” teachers will have the opportunity to connect with a range of current and new St. Louis smart growth youth programs. Community Allies will research the educational impact for youth, teachers, schools, and programs following Institutional Review Board ethically-approved processes.
Youth engaged in these efforts will participate in all planned technical assistance activities, with additional focused youth-led activities taking place January 31 – February 5, 2017.
Join us for Pecha Kucha Night featuring networking opportunities and 10 fast-paced presentations. Register today at Eventbrite. This activity is part of Free Local Day at the national New Partners for Smart Growth Conference.
St. Louis Artworks has been tapped to play a key role in two components of our overall technical assistance efforts in the region – youth engagement and support for the three neighborhoods participating in the RAC Neighborhood Place Challenge. Local youth currently participating in the St. Louis Artworks apprenticeship program will design, build and install three 4’ X 8’ mandalas — one for each of the three neighborhoods. The mandalas will be painted on wood and weatherized. These mandalas will follow the themes of transportation and urban renewal, and are expected to be installed by the start of the conference on Thursday, February 2. Support for this effort is provided by the Local Government Commission and the New Partners Conference.
St. Louis Artworks has been tapped to play a key role in two components of our overall technical assistance efforts in the region – youth engagement and support for the three neighborhoods participating in the RAC Neighborhood Place Challenge. Local youth currently participating in the St. Louis Artworks apprenticeship program will design, build and install three 4’ X 8’ mandalas — one for each of the three neighborhoods. The mandalas will be painted on wood and weatherized. These mandalas will follow the themes of transportation and urban renewal, and are expected to be installed by the start of the conference on Thursday, February 2. Support for this effort is provided by the Local Government Commission and the New Partners Conference.
We would like to thank the following organizations and agencies have provided financial support to make these local day activities and technical assistance efforts a reality.
