Events
Community Idea Exchange & Community Seminar
April 15
Placemaking 101: Understanding What Makes Great Places Work
Time
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Designing Communities That Thrive
Heather Worthington, Urban3
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
May 7
From Vision to Viable: Making Place-Based Development Pencil
Wes Craiglow, Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
Zoom
Community Seminar
May 21
Culture, Community and Creative: Why Local Arts and Local Journalism Belong Together (Part of the Merced Arts Festival)
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
June 10
Front Doors That Work: Designing Storefronts for Small Business Success
Jaime J. Izurieta, Storefront Mastery
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
Zoom
Community Idea Exchange
June 17
Food as Place: How Culinary Culture Shapes Community
Time
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
June 18
What’s On Our Plate?
The Future of Food Panel Discussion with Marshal Shafkowitz, Chef Matt Cooper, Maryam Ahmed, and Rob Apple
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
July 16
Story as Strategy: Branding Place from the Inside Out
Phil Eich, Storyville
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
September 3
Where Housing Meets Activity: Designing Mixed-Use Places
Eric Kronberg, Kronberg Architects
Location
Zoom
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Community Idea Exchange
September 16
Building the Missing Middle: Growing Local Development from Within
Time
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
September 17
Building Block by Block: Empowering Local Developers
Bernice Radle and Monte Anderson, Neighborhood Evolution
Time
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Seminar
October 8
Connected Communities: Mobility, Parks & the Power of Public Space
Ryan Hale, Laneshift and Scott Jordan, CIVITAS
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Community Idea Exchange & Community Seminar
From Vision to Impact: Leading Community Change That Lasts
November 12
Time
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced
Homegrown: Cultivating Local Entrepreneurship for Community Wealth
SPEAKER TBD
Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
UC Merced on Main: 1635 M St, Merced