CityofSantaBarbara
By the City of Santa Barbara
On December 9th and 10th, the City will host workshops at 821 State Street for members of the community to help create design concepts for the project area.
Attendees will be grouped into small teams to design a typical block on State Street using a map of the street and game pieces that reflect potential transportation options and activities that could be included in the long-term design for State Street. Each team’s design poster will be hung at the location and available for viewing on December 9th and 10th at 821 State Street. Each workshop will also include a brief project update and time to view other teams’ designs.
All events will include the same activities and be in English and Spanish. No professional design experience is required to participate in any of these events, and all community members are welcome. Childcare will be provided, and a pop-up art show focused on creativity and innovation, in collaboration with The Arts Fund, will take place during the design events.
Also, if you have not already taken the survey, please do so before attending a community design workshop. We hope to see you on December 9 or 10th!
Community Design Workshops
December 9th 10am – 1pm
This design workshop is geared towards design professionals (e.g., those working in design, construction, land use, and related fields). Participants are encouraged to stay for the duration of the workshop, although not required. An RSVP for this workshop is strongly encouraged. Please RSVP here.
December 9th 4pm – 7pm
This design workshop is open to all community members. No RSVP is required. Participants are encouraged to stay for the duration of the workshop, although not required. Childcare will be provided for families with children ages 1.5 years and older that are participating in the event.
December 10th 9am – 12pm
This design workshop is open to all community members. No RSVP is required. Participants are encouraged to stay for the duration of the workshop, although not required. Childcare will be provided for families with children ages 1.5 years and older that are participating in the event.
Community Open House
December 10th 1-4pm
All community members are invited to this Open House and are welcome to stop by anytime and stay for as long as they would like to view the workshop posters, review existing conditions, and participate in a variation of the workshop activities.
Classic and predictable move by our taxpayer-funded SB City Staff. They punted this several times over by hiring consultants on our dimes, and now want to see what we have to say. Hey City staff – do your job, make a call. Decide something and go with it, or get off the pot.
Now the high paid City staff spent a fortune, no thought into original design for parklets. They’re asking for the public to do their job. Where can I apply for a job like that?
I would recommend going back in time 40+ years, those were the days. If that can’t be done, I would suggest picking the most vacant and desolate 2-3 blocks of state street, having the city buy all the property, demolishing everything, and making it into a park/ open space. If the property is too expensive, I would recommend implementing highly restrictive and unduly burdensome architectural review requirements until the property values drop sufficiently to make the open space plan feasible.