CONNECT THE DOTS
Hackensack Strategy Lab
October 19, 2017
4:30 - 6 pm: LAB | 6 - 7 pm: NETWORKING

Join the NNJCF’s ArtsBergen for Hackensack Strategy Lab. Co-produced by the City of Hackensack, the Hackensack Creative Arts Team, and New Jersey Creative Placemakers, this event focuses on transforming an underused pedestrian street into a welcoming, vibrant place. We’ll start with a short walking tour of nearby public art projects, then go to Demarest Place, where we’ll create and explore strategies to revitalize the street through public art, food, performance, music and more. This peer exchange is a great opportunity to build your knowledge, get ideas, and network. Everyone is welcome!

FACILITATOR:
THE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING'S
NEW JERSEY CREATIVE PLACEMAKERS

New Jersey Creative Placemakers is a new community of practice that brings together anyone from the state who wants to make communities better through arts and local culture. NJCP is managed by The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking and organized by a diverse team of leaders from a wide variety of organizations and agencies in New Jersey, including: American Planning Association, American Society of Landscape Architects, Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, Long Beach Township, Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage, Morris Arts, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, Noyes Museum of Art at Stockton University, Rowan University Department of Theater and Dance, and CORE.

STRATEGY LABS

The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking’s Strategy Labs give participants the opportunity to explore ideas with other creative placemakers and bring them back to their communities.

HACKENSACK: REVITALIZING THE COUNTY SEAT VIA THE ARTS

Leaders in Hackensack are working to make the city a center for creativity. The City invested in a new performing arts center and is promoting a variety of arts activities. The Creative Arts Team, led by the Upper Main Street Business Alliance, promotes creative placemaking and public art throughout the downtown. Join us to learn about, and share insights on, these revitalization efforts.

MEET AT:
(The New) Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC)
102 State Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601

QUESTIONS?
For more information, please contact Danielle De Laurentis of The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation at artsbergen@nnjcf.org or 201-568-5608 or Leonardo Vazquez of The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking at leo@artsbuildcommunities.com or 973-763-6352.