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Capture Wales

Capture Wales is a BBC award-winning digital storytelling project that ran from 2001 – 2008 collecting more than 600 videos for publication online.

Content type:
projects
Focus Area(s):
Arts
Keyword(s):
arts,
digital storytelling,
heart & soul,
multimedia,
oral history,
storytelling

Swan's Island Memory Project

Spurred by a tragic fire in which much of the Island’s recorded history burned to the ground, the Swan’s Island Memory Project aims to revive recollections of the small Maine Island through recorded histories and historical photographs.

Content type:
projects
Focus Area(s):
Arts,
Community character,
Historic preservation
Keyword(s):
community character,
historic preservation,
memory project

Fairfield 2012

The Fairfield City Council and numerous partners enlisted the University of Northern Iowa’s (UNI) Institute for Decision Making to conduct a comprehensive planning process for the City, simultaneously appointing a new Planning Commission.

Content type:
projects
Location:
Fairfield, IA
Focus Area(s):
Community character,
Community/Economic development,
Comprehensive planning,
Engagement,
Livability,
Visioning
Keyword(s):
community culture,
community development,
comprehensive planning,
decision making,
public meetings,
quality of life,
surveys

Envision Victor

Drawn by the striking landscapes and open space, people are flocking to Victor, whose population since 2000 has swelled by 73%. Long-time residents now feel the pressure to create a vision for smart growth to hold on to the town’s unique character.

Content type:
projects
Location:
Victor, ID
Focus Area(s):
Community character,
Community/Economic development,
Comprehensive planning,
Visioning,
Scenario planning
Keyword(s):
community character,
community culture,
comprehensive planning,
economic development,
tourism

(PARK)ing Day

(PARK)ing Day is an annual one-day global event during which community members transform parking spaces and parking lots into temporary public spaces.

Content type:
projects
Focus Area(s):
Arts,
Community character,
Design,
Engagement,
Livability
Keyword(s):
arts tools,
civic engagement,
open space,
urban design

One in 8 Million

This Emmy Award winning documentary series, run by the New York Times, shares the lives of everyday New Yorkers through pictures and audio, allowing locals to tell their unique stories in their own words.

Content type:
projects
Focus Area(s):
Arts,
Community character,
Diversity,
Downtowns
Keyword(s):
arts,
community character,
diversity,
storytelling

Grand Valley Vision 20/20

For Grand Valley’s 2020 community visioning endeavor, area municipalities hired James Kent Associates to perform a unified visioning process to identify strategies for achieving the vision and to consider specific actions relevant to each strategy.

Content type:
projects
Location:
CO
Focus Area(s):
Community/Economic development,
Comprehensive planning,
Conservation/Natural resources,
Diversity,
Economic development,
Engagement,
Regionalism,
Visioning,
Transportation
Keyword(s):
capacity building,
community character,
community stability,
diversity,
social capital,
visioning

Golden Vision | 2030

Golden Vision 2030 is a comprehensive visioning plan for Golden's future that engages a broad spectrum of the community to deeply explore the City’s character, strengths and opportunities for change.

Content type:
projects
Location:
Golden, CO
Focus Area(s):
Community character,
Community/Economic development,
Comprehensive planning,
Conservation/Natural resources,
Design,
Downtowns,
Engagement,
Livability,
Visioning,
Scenario planning
Keyword(s):
community character,
community engagement,
comprehensive planning,
downtowns,
land use planning,
visioning,
walkability

Mapping Main Street

Mapping Main Street is a collaborative documentary project that compiles multimedia contributions recorded by volunteers on actual Main Streets throughout the United States in an effort to capture the unique and varied nature of each street.

Content type:
projects
Focus Area(s):
Arts,
Community character,
Diversity,
Downtowns,
Engagement
Keyword(s):
arts tools,
community character,
community engagement,
downtowns,
local character,
media,
storytelling,
streetscapes

Focus Westfjords

This photo documentary project, by collaborators and artists Agúst Atlason and Matt Willen, chronicles life in Iceland’s rural Westfjords from an insider and outsider’s perspective, aiming to provide a glimpse into the little-known region.

Content type:
projects
Focus Area(s):
Arts,
Community character
Keyword(s):
art,
documentary,
photography,
rural character