The City of Bloomington’s Creative Placemaking Commission looked to expand their impact by developing a comprehensive Creative Placemaking Master Plan for Bloomington, Minnesota that aligned with the City’s strategic plan and built off the previous South Loop Creative Placemaking Plan. As the lead consultant, Forecast developed this plan by incorporating a thorough and creative community engagement strategy that involved local artists. Through the development of this plan, the City hopes to leverage creativity, art, and placemaking/placekeeping strategies to promote social, cultural, and economic activity.
Throughout the project, the local engagement artists had nearly 1,000 community interactions. Forecast analyzed this input and wrote recommendations for this citywide Creative Placemaking Master Plan, which was approved by city council in March 2025.
