Sunday, September 29, 2013
The Brazy Building
Looking forward to seeing what ideas people have to share in these lovely windows!
Monday, September 2, 2013
I Wish This Was sticker campaign- Updates!
We're so excited to see the energy for this campaign and the great press we had this past week. In case you missed it, the project was featured by Heidi Prescott in the South Bend Tribune on Tuesday-
Which idea will stick? (Mayor Pete even tweeted the article as a great example of Tactical Urbanism!) Then Fox 28 did a story that evening: project-encourages-sb-to-share-ideas-for-revitalizing-downtown, and WSBT visited the following day :downtown-stickers-ask-for-empty-storefront-ideas.
As each story was shared around the interwebs, we got some great discussion and ideas from folks that we'll post here in a few days. We also had an awesome meeting with DTSB on next steps for the project. Look forward to seeing stickers on additional buildings within the next few weeks.
To summarize what the stickers have told us so far- a lot of folks seem to want a pharmacy/drug store of some variety downtown. There were also a lot of votes for a vegetarian/ vegan restaurant. Several stickers also noted that they were looking for something 'vintage' or 'old-fashioned' as retro seems to be hip these days- an old fashioned soda shop, pharmacy, vintage clothing, record store, barber shop and others specifically included some sort of qualification that it be 'old school'.
Stay tuned for updates and add your voice to the mix in the comments on any of the pages/ sites included here at the blog. Keep wishing and we'll keep advocating for all voices to be heard as part of the discussion of downtown South Bend's revitalization.
Enjoy your 'NO' Labor day!!
Which idea will stick? (Mayor Pete even tweeted the article as a great example of Tactical Urbanism!) Then Fox 28 did a story that evening: project-encourages-sb-to-share-ideas-for-revitalizing-downtown, and WSBT visited the following day :downtown-stickers-ask-for-empty-storefront-ideas.
As each story was shared around the interwebs, we got some great discussion and ideas from folks that we'll post here in a few days. We also had an awesome meeting with DTSB on next steps for the project. Look forward to seeing stickers on additional buildings within the next few weeks.
To summarize what the stickers have told us so far- a lot of folks seem to want a pharmacy/drug store of some variety downtown. There were also a lot of votes for a vegetarian/ vegan restaurant. Several stickers also noted that they were looking for something 'vintage' or 'old-fashioned' as retro seems to be hip these days- an old fashioned soda shop, pharmacy, vintage clothing, record store, barber shop and others specifically included some sort of qualification that it be 'old school'.
Stay tuned for updates and add your voice to the mix in the comments on any of the pages/ sites included here at the blog. Keep wishing and we'll keep advocating for all voices to be heard as part of the discussion of downtown South Bend's revitalization.
Enjoy your 'NO' Labor day!!
214 S. Michigan- Vacant No More!!
We're excited to see activity at 214 S. Michigan as new life is brought to the shop next to the State. We can't tell you yet what its going to be, but we CAN tell you that there was some great ideas shared on the Wish stickers that should be kept in mind for other vacant locations downtown! Check out the list below... And congrats to our newest DTSB business, we wish them great success!!
Empire Records (YES!!)
Pet store
Vegan/ vegetarian restaurant (X5- lots of excitement for this one!)
Juice bar with organic/ vegan food
Colorado
A place where everyone knows your name
My house
Subway (Eat fresh or public transportation??)
Old school barber shop with $5 haircuts
Portal to Narnia
JJ's Diner (Apparently they have the BEST waffles!)
Privately owned, old fashioned drug store
Mexican food
Chipotle
Taco Bell
Stand-up comedy club
Clothing design studio
Convenience store or fountain of youth
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