Community participation in riverfront development

Abstract

A community-building approach was employed in a small mid-western town bounded by the Ohio River. Community members were involved in a riverfront development project through a variety of activities such as students brainstorming their ideas, and surveys that generated over 200 ideas for the riverfront. Idea-sharing sessions were also held with neighborhood focus groups to gauge the views of a cross-section of citizens about the future development of the riverfront. These activities culminated in a community workshop where 130 citizens began the planning process by revisiting the riverfront through a narrated photographic tour, and reviewing a video summary of the focus groups. Twenty-two groups then identified recreation objectives and located activities on a map of the riverfront. Workshop results formed the basis for a subsequent design proposal followed by implementation of the first phase.

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