MON-B08 - Measuring What Matters: Metrics to Capture the Social Impacts of Public Spaces

Monday, November 18

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Location: 29CD

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Lynn Ross, AICP

Founder and Principal
Spirit for Change Consulting, LLC

Speaker(s)

AB

Alexa Bush, ASLA

Design Director - East Region
City of Detroit
Benjamin Bryant

Director of Special Projects
Interface Studio, LLC

We believe that shared civic assets have the power to influence social outcomes. Detroit is one of five cities piloting a new measurement system that tracks the impacts of investments in public space design and programming. Learn about this metrics framework and take home tools to measure your own work.

Learning Objectives:

Understand a new data-driven approach for determining the multifaceted value of reinvesting in public places based on social outcomes.
Gain knowledge of how a cross-sector team in Detroit is deploying this measurement system in partnership with neighborhood residents, and the benefits they have found in this approach.
Consider investments and sites in your own portfolio or community that may be ripe for deploying this new metrics system.
Learn how to use a set of DIY measurement tools to capture metrics that matter for your own public space projects.