October 26, 2022 – LCO Placemaking
Placemaking Workshop for Lac Courte Oreilles to Take Place on November 12th (October 26, 2022 – Hayward, WI) – The Sawyer County / Lac Courte Oreilles Economic Development Corporation will host a Placemaking Event at Big Fish Golf Club in Hayward
on November 12th from 9 am-noon.
Placemaking involves listening to and asking questions of the people who live, work and play in a particular space to determine their needs and aspirations. This will be a collaborative Placemaking Workshop in which those who attend will explore and discuss potential improvements to The Travel Plaza, LCO Ball Field, The Landing and Reserve Pavilion.
This event is open to the public and anyone who is interested is encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be provided and an RSVP is preferred. RSVP: https://bit.ly/LCOPlace22
For more information about the Placemaking Workshop, please visit www.sclcoedc.com or directly reach out to Jordan St. Germaine at (715) 699-3202 or jordan.stgermaine@lco-nsn.gov To learn more about the Sawyer County Lac Courte Oreilles Economic Development Corporation, visit www.sclcoedc.com. Have a topic you’d like the group to address? Please email
info@sclcoedc.com.
Dec. 18, 2019 – Meeting Notes
Hello everyone. Quick update on what is happening with Placemaking in Sawyer County.
Dec. 2019 – Upcoming Meeting
Hope everyone is enjoying the winter wonderland.
Fall 2019 Meetings
Node leaders have been busy in discussions over the one item that everyone seemed to agree was needed for ALL nodes in Hayward: wayfinding signage. Sign vendors were explored. Branding was a topic important to many. Discussions also included upcoming construction to Main Street in early 2020 and how that might be incorporated into the Placemaking plan for signage rollout.
Placemaking-Hayward
Comprehensive Report is Here!
NWRPC has taken the raw input from our Placemaking-Hayward meetings and compiled the information into a full report. Download the pdf here to review the work that has been accomplished this year and the focus for future projects!
Follow Up Workshop – Held July 18th, 2019
Our Next Steps
This Placemaking Workshop was used to identify our next steps in making Hayward an even better city to live, visit, work, and play. Attendees reviewed and fine-tuned community ideas from the May 14th Placemaking Event. Priorities and timelines were identified for our placemaking recommendations. After that, strategies for implementing our plans, were explored, including potential resources, and partnerships.
Download the Workshop Presentation
Our partners at Northwest Regional Planning Commission will now take our worksheets and notes to generate a report to be used as a guidepost. As soon as we have the report we will post it here!
Don’t miss out!
Be part of Promoting a Thriving Sawyer County!
Hayward Placemaking Event – Held May 14th, 2019
We had a terrific turnout with 7 teams and over 60 people. We would like to thank our partners from Northwest Regional Planning Commission: Crystal Rohde, Clem Larson and Jason Laumann. As well as our Placemaking “Head Coach” for the evening, Chris Straight, Senior Planner with West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.
Folks gathered together, learned about Placemaking, how to look at our public spaces in Hayward in new ways and consider how to make them “sticky”. Several exercises were completed, then, teams proceeded to our seven public locations around town. Innovative brainstorming began. Tons of ideas were expressed and a report will be generated from all the discussions. It was great fun and very inspiring to see people so motivated to improve upon our already wonderful community. (Photos: NWRPC, Desmonde Bennett, Jim Miller)
The “Nodes” or Public Spaces We Are Considering:
Lumberjack Bowl
City Beach
Downtown Hayward
The corner of HWYs 27 & 63
Sherman and Ruth Weiss Community Library and Trails
Hatchery Creek Park
Shue’s Pond
In this exercise – everyone was asked to place a dot next to the word or phrase that best describes how they want people to see Hayward.
Where would you place your dot?
More events will be scheduled this year.
Join us on this exciting adventure.
More info…What is Placemaking?
Plan
Placemaking is the planning, design, and management of public spaces.
Consider
Placemaking involves listening to and asking questions of the people who live, work, and play in a particular space to determine their needs and aspirations.
Connect
Placemaking is figuring out how to connect spaces in a community to bring people together.
So what is a “Sticky” Space?
A “sticky” space or place has amenities or qualities that cause people to want to return over and over. It is such an enjoyable environment, they find it hard to stay away.
And that is what our Placemaking adventure is all about. Taking a few great public spaces around Hayward and coming up with ideas to make them “sticky”. Want to help? Everyone is welcome. This journey continues with more dates to come.