June Prof. Flavia Montenegro-Menezes 2015 UMass Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Research Analyst Surveying Volunteers, Spring 2015 Jennifer Stromsten Stephen Meno Frederico Pina 1. 8. Madison Burke Gabriell Mirolli 2. 9. Jeremy Price 10. Hannah Logan 3. Lara Furtado 11. Catherine Connoly 4. Marika Kopp 12. Liza Twomey 5. Johanna Pacek 13. Chloe Ferguson 6. Thomas Kelley 14. Jacob Menacker 7. 2 Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
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Goal: To hear as many voices as possible, in a process as inclusive as possible Target Population Engagement Community Wide Survey Elderly Centers: 12 participants in focus Amherst Together Initiative: News articles, groups school campaign, thousands of posters and flyers town-wide (businesses and homes), 50 ARPS Family Center: 26 participants in focus groups organizations emailed, 14 community leaders and organizations contacted in-person Local Businesses: 11 participants in interviews 247 surveys collected online College Students: 6 participants in focus groups, 113 comments on boards 209 surveys collected in-person in every Middle-School Students: 480 students (74 residential area in town. participants in focus groups, 181 comments on graffiti wall, 359 responses in marble jars) Town residents: 181 comments on maps and 456 Survey Responses , among which 31 were boards from neighboring towns, mostly Pelham, Leverett and Hadley but also Shutesbury, Sunderland and Belchertown. 116 in-depth responses and 475 comments 4 Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
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Languages Represented Arabic Bulgarian Bangla Cambodian (Khmer) Chinese Chinese (Cantonese) Chinese (Mandarin) Creole Creole (Haitian) Creole (Portuguese) Czech English French German Hindi Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Persian Persian (Farsi) Portuguese Russian Spanish 7 VW Survey | Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
Culture: “… the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterizes a society or social group. It includes not only the arts and letters, but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions and beliefs …” UNESCO Mondiacult Conference,1982 8 VW Survey | Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
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V ALUE S ATISFACTION Making your own decisions, being free to choose your Autonomy I feel that I can choose and pursue my own goals own goals I am free to express my Having freedom to say Voice opinions, to which my what you think community is receptive Having freedom to lead the kind of life you value and have I have freedom to live the kind of life I value and have reason Freedom reason to value to value We have good library services, we can easily access Information Having open access to information information We have good public schools and opportunities to study what Education Investing in your education and personal goals interest us We have accessible markets, restaurants and good places to Health food Eating healthy, fresh food buy healthy food Health care and medical centers are available to meet my Health care Being healthy needs Living in an area with environmental quality, with clean Environmental quality The air and water are clean and fresh water and clean air Environmental stewardship Caring for nature, looking after the environment We take good care of natural resources for future generations Avoid wasting natural resources and polluting the Recycling Our community has active recycling programs environment Feeling affinity for the people and place you live in, a Sense of community I feel a sense of belonging, I am accepted in this community sense of belonging Social services Having support in time of crisis, illness or injury We have supportive public and social services Everyone has equal opportunities for education and Economic equity Preventing the gap widening between rich and poor employment Promoting justice for everybody, protecting the weak in People have equal rights in their everyday lives at every level Justice society of society 19 VW Survey | Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
V ALUE S ATISFACTION Making your own decisions, being free to choose your Autonomy I feel that I can choose and pursue my own goals own goals I am free to express my opinions, to which my community is Voice Having freedom to say what you think receptive Having freedom to lead the kind of life you value and have I have freedom to live the kind of life I value and have reason Freedom reason to value to value We have good library services, we can easily access Information Having open access to information information We have good public schools and opportunities to study what Education Investing in your education and personal goals interest us We have accessible markets, restaurants and good places to Health food Eating healthy, fresh food buy healthy food Health care and medical Health care Being healthy centers are available to meet my needs Living in an area with environmental quality, with clean Environmental quality The air and water are clean and fresh water and clean air Environmental stewardship Caring for nature, looking after the environment We take good care of natural resources for future generations Avoid wasting natural resources and polluting the Recycling Our community has active recycling programs environment Feeling affinity for the people and place you live in, a Sense of community I feel a sense of belonging, I am accepted in this community sense of belonging Social services Having support in time of crisis, illness or injury We have supportive public and social services Everyone has equal opportunities for education and Economic equity Preventing the gap widening between rich and poor employment Promoting justice for everybody, protecting the weak in People have equal rights in their everyday lives at every level Justice society of society 20 VW Survey | Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
V ALUE S ATISFACTION Making your own decisions, being free to choose your Autonomy I feel that I can choose and pursue my own goals own goals I am free to express my opinions, to which my community is Voice Having freedom to say what you think receptive Having freedom to lead the kind of life you value and have I have freedom to live the kind of life I value and have reason Freedom reason to value to value We have good library services, we can easily access Information Having open access to information information We have good public schools and opportunities to study what Education Investing in your education and personal goals interest us We have accessible markets, restaurants and good places to Health food Eating healthy, fresh food buy healthy food Health care and medical centers are available to meet my Health care Being healthy needs Living in an area with Environmental The air and water are clean environmental quality, quality and fresh with clean water and air Environmental stewardship Caring for nature, looking after the environment We take good care of natural resources for future generations Avoid wasting natural resources and polluting the Recycling Our community has active recycling programs environment Feeling affinity for the people and place you live in, a Sense of community I feel a sense of belonging, I am accepted in this community sense of belonging Social services Having support in time of crisis, illness or injury We have supportive public and social services Everyone has equal opportunities for education and Economic equity Preventing the gap widening between rich and poor employment Promoting justice for everybody, protecting the weak in People have equal rights in their everyday lives at every level Justice society of society 21 VW Survey | Montenegro-Menezes | UMass LARP 2015
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