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rust for Public Land creative placemaking director Ellen Ryan says that this type of hands-on community participation is a critical step in the process.


“Successful creative placemaking begins with conversa- tions,” says Ryan, “with neighbors telling us about their community, their families, their needs and goals for a place. Through these talks, walks, and workshops, we translate the story of the community into a park that flourishes and endures.”


Continuing our walk through the new park, I notice a huge cottonwood tree felled by a recent storm. “When that happened,” Jones tells me, “people got really fired up on Twitter and in the neighborhood with concern about the ‘the oldest resident in Frogtown.’” That shows me that even before any work has begun, Frogtown Park and Farm has already passed the first test of creative placemaking: locals feel that it belongs to them.


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