Community Engagement Resources

COMMUNITY DESIGN & ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES

BOOKS

• Design as Democracy, Techniques for Collective Creativity; Edited by David de la Pena, Diane Jones Allen,

Randolph T. Hester, Jeffrey Hou, Laura J. Lawson, and Marcia J. McNally

• Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need; Sasha Costanza-Chock

• The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters; Priya Parker

• Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time; Jeff Speck

• The Death and Life of Great American Cities; Jane Jacobs

• Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change; Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia, Andres Duany

DIGITAL RESOURCES • Richmond's Guide to Being a Good Neighbor; City of Richmond

(https://www.rva.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/Richmond%27s%20Guide%20to%20Being%20a%20Good%20Neighbor%20-%20Web%20 Copy.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1n48OOyfBg6Q0XLil-njJvmdmCKAMU5e7m6QYArVwizI4b2R7AMKZsdnc)

• Tactical Urbanism Toolkit; Storefront for Community Design + mOb studio (https://tohumankind.com/tactical-urbanism) • Sidewalk Cafe Guidelines; City of Richmond and Storefront for Community Design

(https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/Sidewalk_Cafe_Guidelines_richmond.pdf)

• iap2 Resources; International Association for Public Participation (https://www.iap2.org/page/resources)

• Community Tree Resources: Reforest Richmond (https://www.reforestrichmond.org/community-tree-resources)

• Field Guide to Creative Placemaking; Trust for Public Land and City Parks Alliance

(https://cityparksalliance.org/resource/creative-placemaking-guide/)

• Blackwell Community Design Handbook: Local Design Strategies; AIA Virginia Emerging Leaders in Architecture

(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VqHTVAoVT-f51dhop_d-KteV5aMI8GcJ/view)

• Streetmix; Streetscape Design Tool (https://streetmix.net/-/1958631) • Property Owner Toolkit: Restoration, Tax Questions, and Home History; Historic Richmond

(https://historicrichmond.com/property-owner-toolkit/)

• Parkology.org: Becoming an Advocate for Public Land; Trust for Public Land • Community-centered economic inclusion: A strategic action playbook; Hanna Love, Jennifer S. Vey, William Taft,

and Elizabeth Demetriou (https://www.brookings.edu/essay/community-centered-economic-inclusion-a-strategic-action-playbook/)

CITY OF RICHMOND RESOURCES

• Richmond 300 Master Plan (https://www.rva.gov/planning-development-review/master-plan) • Urban Design Committee (https://www.rva.gov/planning-development-review/urban-design-committee) • Commission of Architectural Review (https://www.rva.gov/planning-development-review/commission-architectural-review) • Urban Design Guidelines (https://www.rva.gov/sites/default/files/Planning/PDFDocuments/PlanningPreservation/UDC/UDC_

Guidelines.pdf)

Guide for Change.

How does one find the potential in a neighborhood? The guide for change offers many possibilities from a live, work, and play perspectives. Thanks to the community engagement and the Chamberbrook International Market, we are able to respond at the many voices of the residents and business owners, to help create a vision for the neighborhood at all scales.