Last year, Katie started working as a Creative Strategist for the city of Chattanooga right as COVID started. That has made getting out an engaging with the public much more complicated, and it has delayed many development projects, including the skatepark. Recently, as a way to engage people safely and with social distancing as a priority, Katie installed some feedback chalkboards at the existing skatepark. Before she even left the site, people were following the QR code to take a survey and sharing their thoughts about features they wanted at a new facility.
We like chalkboards because they are easy to make and maintain, and it is much more publicly visible than an online survey—everyone else sees the responses and that might help spark other ideas or thoughts. These have been up a few months now and they’re still getting used, which is great!
