Asset Mapping Part 2

Community mapping, or participatory mapping, engages individuals by identifying cultural assets that are the community. Individuals or teams from a specific community are asked to draw a map of their community’s built, natural and cultural environments. They are then requested to present these maps to the others in order to understand how the meaning of these places and how they changed over time. This technique is useful for understanding how the built environment has impacted the culture and the land. The discussion is necessary for engaging community members in long range land-use planning and in identifying assets that can translate into economic opportunity.

Community mapping also documents important stories and places that preside in   the memory of individuals. It helps retain the meaning and stories of place which are often necessary in asserting claims and priorities for preservation and protection as well as identifying priorities for community development. This area of engagement is known as place-making, and it is a necessary aspect of thinking through how communities can think about the importance of controlling and managing their patterns of growth and development.

Participants will need the following materials to complete the workshop activities: 

• White printing paper, tabloid (11x17) or letter-size (8.5x11)

• Colored markers/pencils

• Post-it notes (optional)

Amazon shopping list can be found here.

Continue to stay in your breakout room with your facilitator. Take a picture and share to the jamboard or email your breakout facilitator. After taking photo or sending your map, it will be uploaded to the jamboard by yourself or your facilitator. Another way to send the map with your facilitator, add your photo file in the chat function of zoom. We encourage you to visit with each other about your maps.

Listen to the speaker and use the post-it note feature on jamboard to write down what you observe.

Click on the Jamboard below for your breakout room to access it