“Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts awarded in 2011 to the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation to engage local residents, cultural leaders, artists, and regional arts leaders to collaborate in the development of an art and design plan for The Village at Market Creek. $ 150,000 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Under the banner of “Resident Ownership of Neighborhood Change,” the people who live and work in the community create the vision, lead the implementation, and own the change in their community. The Village resident engagement work began in 1997 with an Outreach Team that was formed to survey other residents about what businesses and services they wanted in their neighborhood. Outreach and organzing have been key drivers of our work with focus in the areas of arts and culture and land planning. Residents involved in Surveys and focus groups 15,000 Design and planning teams* 3,800 Implementation teams* 3,120 * Some residents served on multiple teams. OUTREACH & ORGANIZING residents involved in working teams related to land planning. 800 LAND PLANNING Civic engagement drives the work in The Village at Market Creek. Teams of community residents unite across neighborhoods, cultures, and generations to strengthen joint action and expand their ability to break down barriers, engage in the creative exchange of ideas, and get things done. Diverse people working across unlikely relationships are the foundation of long-term sustainability of community change. The Village at Market Creek is primed to grow into one of San Diego’s most lively, multi-cultural arts destinations. ARTS & CULTURE Arts & Culture Venues 9 Capacity 7,077 457 mini-grants to support community projects since 1999 $ 1,425,246 Youth & adults trained in outreach 65 Youth interns 200 Residents involved as group leaders 160 CAPACITY BUILDING Annual attendance 1,500 Attendance since 2007 8,000 VILLAGE CENTER MEETINGS Since 1999, the Writerz Blok program has aimed at steering youth away from vandalism and towards learning the art of graffiti. WRITERZ BLOK participants in 60 classes. 720 Murals created 60 Artists 141 Youth 496 ACTIVITIES & EVENTS 234,962 ATTENDANCE SINCE 2005 In 2009, 18 community groups formed VOCAL (Voices of Community at All Levels) to work on a Village land plan. VOCAL Participants at charettes 150 Participants at large town hall planning meetings 360 THE VILLAGE AT MARKET CREEK ART+DESIGN PLAN Community charettes 6 Charette participants 150 Community members who participated in the final presentation of the report 300 Public artworks created 10 Artists commissioned 26 Youth participants 632 ART PROJECTS The Center for Community & Cultural Arts (CCCA) learning partnership: Balboa Park museums 3 Members representing cultural communities and artists from southeastern San Diego 50 CCCA Gallery (square feet) 4,700 Exhibitions 6 Attendance 10,000