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4.3 Connecting the Community 4.3.1 fmplement creative place-making Creative place-making works with comrnunity members to bring together arts and cultur.e in ways that connect physical space to needs in the community. The goal of this effort would be to foster broader exploration of downtown by visitors while showcasing the talent of a local aftist. Ellensburg should explore working with an organization like the nonprofit Pomegranate Center based in Seattle that explores creative place-malcing in communities aJa partnership effort, Creative place-rnaking projects could be incorporated into the town center as well as create physical connections between CWU and downtown Ellensburg. Today, key stakeholders are working on an excitiug program to corurect tluough a public art program to create "markers" that will be located in a variety of locations to explore between downtown and campus. The concept, dubbed "Project Brilliance," will implement reflector art pieces from the tate nict Elliott, a renowned local artist to be placed in strategic locations throughout downtown Ellensburg to ultimately connect the Old Heat Plant, slated to become a visitor's center for Central Washington Universify, with the core of downtown. Figure 1l on the following page illustrates the potential locations for these installations on key comers throughout the larger downtown area. 4.3.2 Continue pafinership with Central Washington Ilniversitlt to bring investment into the core of downtown over tinle whether through progrants oy capital projects, Central Washington University is a strong partner with the Ellensburg community, and its students represent a significant portion of the customer base in downtown. Over time, the University and the Downtowners should seek partnership efforts that may bring programs or even capital projects into the downtown. Sorne of the ideas expressed in other recommendations of this report could be potential parlnership projects. 4.3.3 fmplement bicycle friendly streets as identifted in prior plans. Ellensburg has worked on bicycle friendly streets and the downtown is very navigable by bicycle. The community should continue to implement these imporlant recommendations and will implement new bicycle racks that have been designed in similar sfyle to existing quality downtown sheet furnifure. 4-3.4 Implement circalator transportationfrom CllU throagh downtown to hotels. Cenhal Transit already operates a fxed route system in Ellensburg. Over time, the possibility of a circulator that connects the local hotels through downtown and onto Central Washington's campus would be an excellent way of creating a regular service for visitors to the cornrn-unity. The potential route is shown in Figure 1l below. 35