Open City
URL = http://www.openideo.com/open/vibrant-cities/brief.html
Description
"Open City is a concept that aims to bring open source principles to the placemaking process, helping to democratize and localize it in new and exciting ways. It is NOT intended as a participatory tool for redevelopment. It is instead purposed with empowering community members who have the ideas and drive to activate the space around them, bringing new vitality to their communities.
By bringing a digital layer to underutilized space, and marrying it with a physical presence, it brings together citizens, artists, craftsmen and others to envision and accomplish new uses for the space(s) around them. Channeling community members' (both new and long-standing) energy has the potential to disrupt the standard cycle of gentrification. The initial stages of the revitalization process, which often lead to gentrification, can involve a greater segment of the community and address needs and desires of the existing residents."