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.