Indigenous History for Overlook Plaza: Engagement Best Practices and Design Ideas

Abstract

This project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of La Crescent and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (https://rcp.umn.edu/). The goal of this project was to identify opportunities for the City of La Crescent to share the history and celebrate the culture of indigenous communities as they develop a plan for a new Overlook Plaza. La Crescent project lead Larry Kirch collaborated with RCP Scholars Jules Marzec and Camille Warnacutt to develop case studies of successful partnerships between tribal communities and Minnesota cities, interview members of indigenous communities with ties to the La Crescent area, and host community engagement events to inform the Overlook Plaza design. A final student report, poster, and PowerPoint presentation slides from the project are available.