Creating a Sense of Place Creating a Sense of Place ––Hillsdale as a Case StudyHillsdale as a Case StudyHillsdale as a Case StudyHillsdale as a Case Study

Rick SeifertRick SeifertHillsdale Business & Professional Hillsdale Business & Professional

AssociationAssociation

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Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

The ThreeThe Three--Legged StoolLegged StoolWhat’s in a name?What’s in a name?What s in a name?What s in a name?VisioningVisioningPlanning and VisioningPlanning and VisioningPlanning and VisioningPlanning and VisioningMap QuestingMap QuestingPl ti flPl ti flPlanting your flagsPlanting your flagsNurturing old institutions/creating new onesNurturing old institutions/creating new onesCommunicatingCommunicatingThe Future of PlaceThe Future of Place

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The ThreeThe Three--Legged StoolLegged Stool

Community

Commerce

Communication

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What’s in a Name?What’s in a Name?

A link to the pastA link to the pastA state of mind (If you think you live inA state of mind (If you think you live inA state of mind (If you think you live in A state of mind (If you think you live in Hillsdale, you do!)Hillsdale, you do!)

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Planning and VisioningPlanning and VisioningPlanning Planning

The Hillsdale Town Center PlanThe Hillsdale Town Center PlanVisioning Visioning

How do we see ourselves? How do we see ourselves? Now? In the future?Now? In the future?

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Map QuestingMap Questing

Putting your place on the mapPutting your place on the mapBoundariesBoundariesBoundariesBoundaries

OverlapsOverlapsTopographyTopographyTopographyTopographyTransit corridors Transit corridors HistoryHistorySchoolsSchoolsParksParksPolitical turfPolitical turf

Finding your centerFinding your center

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Planting Your FlagsPlanting Your Flags

Themes (historical and others)Themes (historical and others)Logos Logos Mottos Mottos –– “Hillsdale Has It!”“Hillsdale Has It!”Sign capsSign capsGateway signsGateway signsy gy gHistoric signsHistoric signsOpportunity signsOpportunity signspp y gpp y g(The Watershed)(The Watershed)

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Nurturing and Creating Institutions Nurturing and Creating Institutions −− 11

LibraryLibrarySchools and PTAsSchools and PTAsSchools and PTAsSchools and PTAsCommunityCommunity--oriented and supportive oriented and supportive businesses and business associationsbusinesses and business associationsbusinesses and business associationsbusinesses and business associationsAnchor storesAnchor storesCooperatives (Food Front)Cooperatives (Food Front)Cooperatives (Food Front)Cooperatives (Food Front)Shopping and commercial centersShopping and commercial centers

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Nurturing and Creating Institutions Nurturing and Creating Institutions −− 22

Trails (You call them sidewalks)Trails (You call them sidewalks)( )( )Emergency teamsEmergency teamsFarmers MarketsFarmers MarketsFarmers MarketsFarmers MarketsHillsdale Votes!Hillsdale Votes!Scrip (Scrip (HazzitsHazzits))Scrip (Scrip (HazzitsHazzits))Alternative energy (Alternative energy (RiekeRieke solar)solar)LandmarksLandmarks natural and creatednatural and createdLandmarksLandmarks −− natural and creatednatural and created

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CommunicatingCommunicating −− 11

Creating your own mediaCreating your own mediaThree newspapers twoThree newspapers twoThree newspapers, two Three newspapers, two online sites, list serversonline sites, list servers

The civic (and civil) conversation The civic (and civil) conversation ––associations, book clubs and farmers marketsassociations, book clubs and farmers markets

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CommunicatingCommunicating −− 22

Civic Celebrations and Civic Pride Civic Celebrations and Civic Pride −−dd lk k b kf tlk k b kf tparades, parades, walks, pancake breakfasts, walks, pancake breakfasts,

athletics and chili feedsathletics and chili feeds

InterInter--institutional communicationinstitutional communicationThe Hillsdale AllianceThe Hillsdale AllianceThe Hillsdale AllianceThe Hillsdale AllianceHillsdale NewsHillsdale NewsUsed books as a source of revenueUsed books as a source of revenueHillsdale Community Foundation Hillsdale Community Foundation

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The Future of PlaceThe Future of Place

The renaissance of community and local The renaissance of community and local economieseconomieseconomieseconomiesThe selfThe self--reliant communityreliant communityThe happiness factorThe happiness factorThe happiness factorThe happiness factorEnergy conservationEnergy conservationT it l tiT it l tiTransit solutionsTransit solutionsPolitics is local, and getting more so all the timePolitics is local, and getting more so all the timeI ’ h i i hbI ’ h i i hbIt’s the community, neighborIt’s the community, neighbor

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