Embracing winter placemaking.

City of Evanston, IL - Placemaking

This Olympic-themed program, which ran throughout February into early March, was a collaboration between Downtown Evanston, Main-Dempster Mile, Central Street SSAs, Canal Shores, Evanston Made, the City of Evanston, and corporate sponsors. It featured a series of challenges through a free scavenger hunt app as they completed a whole host of winter activities, including art and nature hikes, ice skating, building snowmen out of reclaimed materials, shopping locally, shoveling elderly neighbors’ walks, warming up by fire pits throughout the city, and so much more. An entire community leaning into winter? Check.

Watch the Winter Games recap video while sharpening your skates.