PLACEMAKING AT WAYNE STATE Listening Campaign 75% 2017 survey respondents who rated all OED-led placemaking projects as effective or very effective 5,000 Subscribers to our PlaceMakers e-newsletter $200,000 Raised and Invested in placemaking (2015-2019) 50,000+ Visitors to Woodward |Warren Park since 2016 LQC Projects Flexible Seating - Walk [Wayne State] - DIA Inside | Out - LQC Projects - Flexible Seating - Walk [Wayne State] - Holiday Lights Walkable Warren 2020 W|W Park Grand Opening and Programming - Solar Panels - String Lights - WSU Press Building Mural Round II Improvements More to Come! W|W Park Events QLINE Grand Opening - DLECTRICITY - Holiday Marketplace - W|W Park Fundraising, Design, and Construction SIGNATURE PROJECTS BY THE NUMBERS @wsuplacemakers economicdevelopment.wayne.edu/placemaking Industry Innovation Center (I2C): OED and TechTown are leading efforts to transform the NextEnergy (now I2C) building and site into a space where university, industry and community come together and collaborate. In 2019, we engaged DCDC, CDAD and Hamilton Anderson to facilitate a participatory design process. The Design Team engaged more than 300 people during this process, which included short-term site activations such as brightly-painted sidewalks, outdoor seating, pergolas, wayfinding and informational signage, and landscape elements. Woodward | Warren Park: Seeing the need for a more welcoming campus gateway, OED raised $150,000 from public and private sources including more than 300 individual donors. The park was completed in 2019 and is now an inviting and accessible public space with shaded seating, native landscaping and a welcome center. The park hosts the Wayne State Farmers Market on Wednesdays, June – October, and an annual pop-up holiday marketplace featuring WSU students and small, local businesses. 2015 2016 2019 In 2015 and 2016, OED implemented several small (aka LQC – lighter, quicker, cheaper) projects including placing flexible seating around campus and executing Walk [Wayne State] campaigns designed to encourage people to explore nearby destinations. We also re-imagined Warren Avenue as a more walkable, bikeable, transit- and retail-friendly corridor by eliminating a vehicle lane and adding a dedicated bike lane and pedestrian "bump outs." This 3-day initiative, known as Walkable Warren, also featured sidewalk seating, food trucks and a pop-up marketplace. EARLY INITIATIVES TIMELINE 2014 2017- 2018 Vibrant public places help build a stronger campus, neighborhood and city. The University’s Office of Economic Development (OED) leads collaborative placemaking initiatives to make campus more active and engaging. PLACEMAKING

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PLACEMAKING AT WAYNE STATE

Listening Campaign

75%2017 survey respondentswho rated all OED-ledplacemaking projects aseffective or very effective

5,000Subscribers to ourPlaceMakers e-newsletter

$200,000Raised and Invested inplacemaking (2015-2019)

50,000+Visitors to Woodward |WarrenPark since 2016

LQC ProjectsFlexible Seating -

Walk [Wayne State] -DIA Inside | Out -

LQC Projects- Flexible Seating - Walk [Wayne State]- Holiday LightsWalkable Warren

2020

W|W Park GrandOpening andProgramming

- Solar Panels- String Lights- WSU Press Building Mural

Round IIImprovements

More to Come!

W|W Park EventsQLINE Grand Opening -

DLECTRICITY -Holiday Marketplace -

W|W ParkFundraising, Design,

and Construction

SIGNATURE PROJECTS

BY THE NUMBERS

@wsuplacemakers

economicdevelopment.wayne.edu/placemaking

Industry Innovation Center (I2C): OED and TechTown are leadingefforts to transform the NextEnergy (now I2C) building and site into aspace where university, industry and community come together andcollaborate. In 2019, we engaged DCDC, CDAD and Hamilton Anderson tofacilitate a participatory design process. The Design Team engaged morethan 300 people during this process, which included short-term siteactivations such as brightly-painted sidewalks, outdoor seating, pergolas,wayfinding and informational signage, and landscape elements.

Woodward | Warren Park: Seeing the need for a more welcomingcampus gateway, OED raised $150,000 from public and private sourcesincluding more than 300 individual donors. The park was completed in2019 and is now an inviting and accessible public space with shadedseating, native landscaping and a welcome center. The park hosts theWayne State Farmers Market on Wednesdays, June – October, and anannual pop-up holiday marketplace featuring WSU students and small,local businesses.

2015

2016

2019

In 2015 and 2016, OED implemented several small (aka LQC – lighter,quicker, cheaper) projects including placing flexible seating aroundcampus and executing Walk [Wayne State] campaigns designed toencourage people to explore nearby destinations. We also re-imaginedWarren Avenue as a more walkable, bikeable, transit- and retail-friendlycorridor by eliminating a vehicle lane and adding a dedicated bike laneand pedestrian "bump outs." This 3-day initiative, known as WalkableWarren, also featured sidewalk seating, food trucks and a pop-upmarketplace.

EARLY INITIATIVESTIMELINE

2014

2017-2018

Vibrant public places help build a stronger campus, neighborhoodand city. The University’s Office of Economic Development (OED)leads collaborative placemaking initiatives to make campus moreactive and engaging.

PLACEMAKING