Mobile Workshops
To register for any of the workshops, visit the conference's Eventbrite page to select and pay for your tickets. Some of the workshops will have an additional registration fee, while some are free to attend.
Overnight Placemaking Mobile Workshop
Thursday, October 6, 9:45 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop Leaders: Samantha Lee Smugala, Kevin Wright
Location: DUC Park, 923 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101
CM Credits: (see description below)
Join YARD & Company, an urban placemaking studio based out of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pocketparks, a St. Louis-based non-profit that re-imagines and redevelops unused plots of land to provide communities with active and beautiful recreational areas, for a unique and active workshop! The mobile workshop will be a three-part event to transform an underutilized lot in Downtown St. Louis:
- On-Site Tactical Urbanism Workshop (2 CM): Thursday, October 6, 9:45 am - 12:00 pm. This workshop will be an active working session where attendees will participate in a build out of an outdoor installation in an urban park using tactical urbanism.
- Happy Hour: Thursday, October 6, 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Gather with your colleagues to showcase the pop-up park that was created during the workshop! All conference attendees, regardless of whether they participated in the workshop, are invited to attend the happy hour.
- Presentation of the Mobile Workshop Finished Product (1 CM): Friday, October 7, 9:45 - 10:45 am. (Location: Conference Hotel, Home Plate Room). Participants in the Overnight Placemaking Mobile Workshop will present their work! The speakers will showcase photos of the installation, detail the project and other projects the firms have participated in, and discuss the intended benefits of placemaking projects.
Walking Tour: A New Vision for Midtown St. Louis - Living, Dining, Entertainment
Thursday, October 6, 2:35 - 5:00 pm (including transportation)
Workshop Leaders: Phil Hulse, Jake Miller, Rob Soete, and Todd Antoine
Location: Meet at MetroLink Station - Stadium.
CM Credits: 2
Join
Green Street Development, New + Found, and Great Rivers Greenway for tours of new
mixed-use redevelopments in Midtown St. Louis, including the Armory and
Foundry, as well as a presentation on the Brickline Greenway. Participants will
take the Metrolink and walk between the two districts to explore current
barriers to pedestrian access within the area.
- Hard hat tour of the Armory Building scheduled to open in November 2022, with Jake Miller of Brick & Beverage presenting the plan and vision for the Armory. Phil Hulse will discuss future plans for the broader Armory District and how it will impact Midtown and the City.
- Walk from the Armory to the St. Louis Foundry and view first hand existing infrastructure and challenges to creating pedestrian connections through this area of Midtown, and potential solutions. Rob Soete of New + Found will lead a walking tour of the Foundry and discuss future plans for the district including new anchors, office and apartment development.
- A representative of Great Rivers Greenway will discuss the plan for the Brickline Greenway with a focus on how it will interact with this emerging hub of mixed-use activity in Midtown.
The tour will return to the conference via shuttle bus by 5:00pm. The tour will be limited to 20 participants.
Walking Tour: If This Stream Could Talk
Thursday, October 6, 1:30 - 3:15 pm (including transportation)
Workshop Leaders: Chris Sanders, Neil Eisenberger, Matt Maranzana
Location: Departs from hotel.
CM Credits: 1.5
At its core the Tower Grove Park East Stream restoration is a stream daylighting and infrastructure project, but in reality it is so much more. This session will explore how a stream daylighting project has pushed the boundary of how we address infrastructure in the public realm. Several focus areas will be discussed to illustrate the depth impact a project of this type can have on the community.
The session will start at the Stupp Center conference room with a brief 10-15 min overview of the project and the components listed above. We will then walk the project site and experience the elements up close with a curated tour by the design team from Lamar Johnson Collaborative. The format will be casual allowing for open dialogue during the walk so that attendees can learn more about any elements of the project they find interesting.
Walking Tour: Equitable Community Development - Achieving Empowerment Through Community-Based Neighborhood Planning
Thursday, October 6, 3:30 - 5:00 pm (including transportation)
Workshop Leaders: Tim Breihan, David Nehrt-FLores, Laurna Godwin, Alexa Seda
Location: Departs from hotel.
CM Credits: 1
This walking tour and workshop will explore equity-based community development planning through a case study of the North Central Plan for the Vandeventer and Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhoods in St. Louis and how lessons learned can be applied to city-wide neighborhood planning being conducted by the City of St. Louis. The workshop will be led by collaborators in the plan’s making from H3 Studio, Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being, Vector Communications, and City of St. Louis.
The City is working on updated neighborhood plans for every neighborhood in the City. The initiative seeks to further equitable development and outcomes by prioritizing geographies that have been historically disinvested and/or negatively impacted by past racist practices like redlining. This initiative is coordinated with the City’s Vision 2030 Equitable Economic Development Strategy and the 2018 Equity Indicators Baseline Report.
The North Central Plan is one of the first plans to be completed within the City’s new framework. The lessons learned have the potential to impact the City’s long-term policy planning for a more just and equitable future.