Downtown Vitality and Community Placemaking

The following resources were developed to help communities, community development professionals and aspring citizen planners understand and apply principles of what makes for vital downtowns and high quality, special places.

This work has been shared with local planning officlals and fellow CNRED educators at both the state and national level at conferences and in-services.  The goal is to continue to share these resources in a scholarly format throughout Jefferson County, Wisconsin and beyond.

Principles of Community Placemaking Resources

• Principles of Community Placemaking: Jefferson County Emphasis (30 pages, 16.7 MB)By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Principles of Community Placemaking: Extensive Featured Examples (48 pages,38.2 MB)
  By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Principles of Community Placemaking: Prime Examples (49 pages, 31.9 MB)
  By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Principles of Community Placemaking: A template for creating your own community’s Placemaking Principles
  (21 pages, 10 MB) By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Principles of Community Placemaking and Making Places Special: Professional Guide (41 pages, 15.3 MB)
  By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Principles of Community Placemaking in Practice (pdf, 41 pages, 8505 KB)  Presented by Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin, Jefferson County Office (At the National Association of community and Economic Development Extension Professionals Conference; Charleston, SC, March 2011)
• Overview of Plans for the Jefferson County Countryside Farm – In the Context of Quality Place Characteristics (42 pages, 3800 KB) By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Exploring The Visioning Process: “Envisioning The Unique Elements For The Small Community” (34 pages, 480 KB)
  By Steve Grabow, Professor and Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• The Benefits of Parks and Riverwalks in Downtown: Watertown’s Riverwalk Plan (2 pages, 10KB)
  Prepared by Steve Grabow, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Jefferson County
  
• Downtown Vitality and Community Placemaking Team Plan: Situation (2 pages, 13 KB)
  Prepared by Steve Grabow, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Extension for the Downtown Vitality and Community Placemaking Team Plan