Placemaking / Public Art of the Year Entry Form

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A) ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINES

NAIOP Member – $200 for first submission.
Non-member – $245 for the first submission.

Multiple entry discount: After the first submission, all entries are entitled to a $50 discount. (Discount code can be found in the email receipt and in the onscreen confirmation.)

Early bird discount: All entries received by Friday, February 7, 2025 receive a $50 discount.

Late fee: All entries received after Friday, February 14, 2025 will be assessed a $50 late fee.

No entries will be accepted after Friday, February 21, 2025.

B) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. Projects create places through focusing on transforming public spaces to strengthen the connections between people, the built environment and the community. A process centered on people and their needs, aspirations, desires, and visions, which relies strongly on community participation.

C) JUDGING CRITERIA

The criteria being judged with weights include:

Creativity and Originality (weight 5); Community Impact (weight 5); Stakeholder Engagement (weight 3); Economic Impact (weight 2); Collaboration (weight 1).

D) PROJECT INFORMATION

Name of Project*

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Placemaking

Public Art

Project Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Additional details about the project location

At the judges’ discretion, a site visit may be made. Please provide contact information of an on-site person (not from submitting firm) to be contacted for visit, if necessary.

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E) NARRATIVE

Your project will be judged based on the answers provided below. Please refer to the judging criteria in Section C.

1. How does this project make arts and culture more central to urban development communities, how does it celebrate and promote creative placemaking?

2. What is the unique way in which arts, culture and creative pursuits have been leveraged to add transformative value to the surrounding neighborhoods? The notion behind creative placemaking is not simply about undertaking placemaking in a creative way, but rather it is about leveraging art and culture as a catalyst for urban and community development.

3. How has the project been innovative in its use of arts and culture to foster transformation of a place?

4. What is the evidence of the project’s impact on people and place? How has the project empowered creatives within the community? What is the known or expected scale and duration of the transformation catalyzed by the project?

5. How has the project fostered collaboration to achieve community impact? What is the economic development and local impact?

6. How has the project generated value for diverse partners (i.e. artists, community members, public and private sector partners, funders, etc.)?

7. What measures have been taken to ensure positive impacts and outcomes of the project? Are there unintended consequences of the project and how are any negative impacts being mitigated?

8. How has the execution of the project helped to advance equity, diversity and inclusion?

F) SUMMARY PARAGRAPH

Please write a brief summary of your entry.

G) PHOTOGRAPHS/IMAGES

Photos and images of your project are extremely important! Not only will they be used to illustrate the project to the judges, but they will also be included in Properties Magazine and in a slideshow presentation during the Awards Ceremony. Choose images that best represent the submission and illustrate its significance. Include a written description for each of the images.

Up to five images may be included; image size is limited to 5MB.

Note: Multi-page pdf files will not be accepted.

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