The NEA is soliciting information concerning arts-based, creative placemaking projects that have been sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town and Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative (MICD25) programs. This information is designed to improve public understanding of communities' successes and challenges with creative placemaking through development of an ''Electronic Storybook'' to document community outcomes, lessons learned, and experiences associated with these projects. This interactive, online resource will be designed for use by policy-makers, practitioners, NEA applicants, and the public-at-large. The storybook will serve as a practical guide for communities planning or implementing their own creative placemaking projects.
The proposed questionnaire will serve to gather information for the NEA's C13-18 "Electronic Storybook" project. This web-based resource, focused on Creative Placemaking (CP), will serve as a practical guide and source of case study information for CP practice. Although CP has been a growing field for the last 20 years and a programmatic focus for the National Endowment for the Arts since 2009, a comprehensive and accessible resource for policymakers, practitioners, and the public-at-large does not exist. To support the continued growth in CP, and the CP community, the questionnaire will facilitate the creation of this resource.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.