Downtown Keene, NH is planning a new Arts & Culture Corridor. The Corridor can increase economic development, support the arts, attract new visitors, and provide public spaces in downtown. It will include everything from a pedestrian mall to performance spaces, but we need your help to design it. WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE?
The Arts & Culture Corridor is a project of the Monadnock Economic Develompent Corporation. Community Workshop is partnering with Stevens & Associates to help design the Corridor in the fall of 2019. For more information on the Corridor project, contact MEDC or download an info sheet.
Charrette, Dec. 2019
We have many great ideas in hand, and now it’s time to turn them into images. On Weds., Dec. 4, we’ll host a daylong charrette to begin designing key elements of the Corridor. Key stakeholders will join us for the morning, to brainstorm and prioritize design ideas. The design team will be hard at work sketching in the afternoon, and we’ll put up draft designs and welcome people in to see them and weigh in during an Open House from 4-6. The charrette will be held at the Old Cheshire County Courthouse.
Drop-in session: Drop in during the afternoon session (12:30-3:30 PM) to see the design team at work and share reactions. (2nd floor chambers at the old courthouse)
Open house: Come by from 4-6 PM to see the draft sketches and designs and share your thoughts.
Pop-Up Arts & Culture Corridor, Oct. 2019
Photo Gallery
Giant checkers, roasting s’mores over an open campfire, open art studio…. not what you usually find in Railroad Square. A Pop-up Arts & Culture Corridor on Oct. 19 gave us a critical chance to demonstrate and experiment with some of the ideas we’ve heard for the permanent corridor in downtown Keene. Check out the photo gallery.
About the Pop-Up
This fun, free, family-friendly event showcased what a new Arts & Culture Corridor could look and feel like.
Pedestrian plaza in Railroad Square
Pop-up games and play area
Public art
Pop-up reading room and story trail
Music, entertainment, walks and events
Pop-up kids theater and art activities
KidVisions art competition
Info & interactive model of the Arts & Culture Corridor concept (and chance to share and vote on ideas)