People:Power:Place — Asian Arts Initiative

First Friday Asset Mapping, photo by Jino Lee

People:Power:Place: is a cultural planning process that will create a shared vision of Chinatown North/Callowhill.

This cultural plan will encourage people’s participation to strengthen the neighborhood’s standing as a vibrant hub of cultural production. This cultural plan will offer recommendations that support and advance the equitable growth and sustainable development of the neighborhood.

Built on a strong foundation of creativity and innovation, and a history of political struggle and community organizing, the community-driven process, the cultural planning process is an opportunity to strengthen the social networks of residents, businesses, cultural institutions, outside stakeholders, and others that are committed to the just growth of the neighborhood. Additionally, the cultural planning process can begin to reconnect the neighborhood to Chinatown and repair divisions created during the construction of the Vine Street Expressway.