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SPUR Forum: Open City: Activating the Public Realm

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Designed as a collaboration between the community, innovators and the city to enhance the public good, foster learning and showcase innovation, the Living Innovation Zone (LIZ) program creates a flexible framework that harnesses creativity using city-owned assets. There is one LIZ already established on Market Street, and more on the way. Come learn about what lies ahead for these inventive installations.

Shannon Spanhake / Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation
Neil Hrushowy / City Design Group, Citywide Planning
Paul Chasan / City Design Group, Citywide Planning
Shawn Lani / Senior Artist, Exploratorium Outdoor Exhibits
Andrew Robinson / Yerba Buena Commmunity Benefit District

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Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.

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