SPOTLIGHT: Mariposa County Creative Placemaking Strategy

Written By Sarah Bowker

Following devastating wildfires, this California community developed a coordinated and strategic approach to measuring assets as well as conceptualizing, investing in, and managing creative placemaking projects in the county.

The Mariposa County Creative Placemaking Strategy is a featured success story that showcases the type of quality placemaking plan that can occur when working with multiple partners and professional firms. This document demonstrates an intensive placemaking process, its recommendations, and the decisions made over nearly 18 months of art-driven community engagement and planning within Mariposa County, California. Dialogue took place among Mariposans from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to solicit meaningful input from a variety of folks spread out in a geographically dispersed county. These techniques and their outcomes—including both goals and aspirations for the county’s creative placemaking profile, and specific strategies for realizing it—are detailed in the 75 page document generated from the process.

  • Timeframe to Complete Project: 1-3 Years

  • Cost Range: $5000+

  • Keywords: Community & Cultural Assessments, Planning, Advanced, Art, Downtown Vision, Downtown Advocacy

  • This project was created by Mariposa County Planning Department, Mariposa County Arts Council, Atlas Lab, Inc., and Smart Growth America. Click on the button below to access the resource.

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