Presentation Outline 1.  Peabody Parklet and Pop-up Café: Brief Background 2.  “The Coffee Experiment” Café (Opening June 2016!) 3.  Lessons learned 4.  Questions/ Comments

1. Peabody Parklet and Pop-up Café: Brief Background  

2. “The Coffee Experiment” Café (Opening June 2016!)

Top/  Down:  Infrastructure  improvements  housing  development,  zoning  changes    

Progress:  Posi9ve  momentum,  community  cohesion,  sustainable,  equity,  improved  quality  of  life  ,  etc  

Grassroots  level/  Bo5om/  Up:  Placemaking,  tac9cal  urbanism,  community  organizing,  engagement  etc.  

Keep  it  simple:  The  Bo5om/  Up  Approach    

Lessons learned 1.  Start with the end in mind 2.  Take stock of your local assets 3.  Ask naysayers to volunteer 4.  Lobby your stakeholders and decision makers 5.  Keep it simple  

4. Questions/ Comments?