Sep 04 2014
For our first Causeway Challenge we asked Chattanoogans what they would do with $2,500 to make Chattanooga a more connected city. Connection can take place between any two things, and sometimes that can make it hard to get started. To lend some inspiration, we invited four visiting speakers from all over the country who have been involved with some awesome projects that deal with connectivity in some way to talk about their projects. Did you miss it? That’s okay! Read a little more about them and watch the videos of their presentations below.
Cities of Purpose Dinner Parties
Cities of Purpose | Atlanta, Georigia
Cities of Purpose connected meals to meaningful conversation through their dinner parties.
With 1 table, 14 people and 3 great questions, Cities of Purpose strives to spark and support a grassroots movement to gather around the dinner table and discuss the purpose and the great potential of their city, Atlanta. Their goal is to create venues for every resident of Atlanta to meaningfully engage in shaping the city by 2020.
Watch Jenn’s presentation here.
Living Streets Alliance | Tucson, Arizona
Living Streets Alliance connected bike riders to open streets through Cyclovia Tuscon.
Cyclovia is a Spanish word signifying the temporary closure of a network of streets to cars so that they become “open” to people. During Cyclovia anyone can bike, walk, skate and participate in fun, free activities. Cyclovias happen in cities all over the world. Twice a year, in Tuscon, this event allows the residents to connect to their city’s streets in a way that is often missed in a car.
Watch Kylie’s presentation here.
Hunter Franks | San Francisco, California
Hunter Franks connected communities to positive stories through his Neighborhood Postcard Project.
The Neighborhood Postcard Project seeks to foster community connections through the exchange of positive personal stories about neighborhoods that often have a negative reputation. Residents fill out a postcard with a positive story from their community. That postcard is then mailed to a random person in that city to create a stronger connection between people and communities. The Neighborhood Postcard Project is a worldwide initiative sprouted from the SF Postcard Project in San Francisco, CA.
Watch Hunter’s presentation here.
Matthew Mazzotta | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Matthew Mazzotta connected abandoned materials to public space through his project, Open House.
Matthew Mazzotta is a conceptual artist who creates permanent and temporary public interventions with a focus on community and public participation. In his project, Open House, Matthew worked with residents in York, Alabama using reclaimed materials from an abandoned house to create a smaller house that can be transformed into an outdoor community theater that seats 100 people.
Watch Matthews presentation here.
Originally published at www.causeway.org on September 4, 2014.
