Activating Urban Spaces

Successful community events are about more than creating a day of fun. They are also about building a strong sense of connectedness and fostering a sense of community. Creative events help communities harness untapped resources, learn new skills, build new relationships and make new connections. They also introduce neighbors to local businesses, attract new visitors, demonstrate the neighborhood’s retail opportunities to potential businesses, and garner media attention. The Javera Group works with business, resident, cultural, and government stakeholders to create events that strengthen neighborhoods and build lasting networks and sustainable community change.

The Javera Group:

Develops events and temporary pop-ups in vacant properties that activate unused spaces, tap into local culture and build community capacity
Works with local business and community groups to produce successful events and create vibrant urban spaces.
Develops marketing strategies to ensure that creative events contribute to long-term growth and community goals.

ABOUT US

Cities grow and change. So do the challenges of those who develop and manage them. The Javera Group helps BIDs, government agencies, business and community groups build safe, sustainable, and vibrant urban neighborhoods where people and place matter.

Planning and Community Developement efforts can fail when they overlook small businesses, certain types of businesses and hard-to-reach residents. At the same time, key community stakeholders often lack the tools, consensus and support they really need to implement plans and sustain revitalization efforts.

The Javera Group attacks those problems. We help neighbors, businesses and government agencies understand the impact of community development and create imaginative solutions to the challenges that face city neighborhoods.

We engage diverse cross-sections of the community in the planning process. We tap into local history, culture and sense of place to develop sustainable and inclusive economic development plans and dynamic community building events. We help bring stakeholders together, build consensus and maximize participation.

PEOPLE + PLACE MATTER