The "Brownsville Is" Lighting Installation on Saturday, November 9 at 5 PM
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The "Brownsville Is" Lighting Installation on Saturday, November 9 at 5 PM |
Connected Corridors: Envisioning the Future of Our Main Streets
The BID is graciously receiving funding and technical assistance to envision the future of Brownsville public spaces through the Local Center, a partnership between the Urban Design Forum and the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (“ANHD”). The Local Center aims to address that gap by supporting BIDs in reimagining their public spaces through installations, activations, and capital improvements that reclaim public space, drive foot traffic, and strengthen neighborhood connectivity and safety. Read more here.
Lighting Installation
We are working with Studio Cooke John Architecture and Design to transform Zion Triangle Plaza and other public spaces along Pitkin Avenue into welcoming destinations for Brownsville residents, shoppers, and visitors. We have hosted several public engagement sessions in various locations. Our lighting installation is being unveiled on Saturday, November 9, 2024 please see below.
Please click the flyer to RSVP for the event. The event is free and open to the public but RSVP is encouraged.
Lighting Installation Process
Throughout our engagement process, we conducted a series of both passive and active outreach efforts, including social media campaigns, surveys, tabling at events, and flyering. We aim to ensure that the improvements and programming are implemented with the voices of Brownsville residents, shoppers, and visitors. Below is a presentation of the community engagement process.
Lighting Design
From these activities, we gathered valuable input that helped shape the updated renderings of our lighting installation, produced by the Studio Cooke John team.
Concept Sketches Produced by Studio Cooke John
Concept Sketch’s options 2, 3 and 4 received the most votes and Studio Cooke John designed a final version which is a combination of the three.
What is Brownsville to you?
Community members shared what Brownsville means to them, and from these conversations, eight key words emerged. We then opened a voting poll for about three weeks, allowing residents to select their preferred words or suggest others not on the list.
Voting Board for the words that describe Brownsville that will go on the post.
Post Colors
In our final stage we asked the community to choose a color for the post.
Color options for the post.