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We are out to change the world!
After decades of inherent challenges with traditional community engagement methods, those involved in the engagement process have been left uninspired for far too long, and we have the solution!
The PLAYCE approach of using play as community engagement was developed in 2014 and yielded immediate and profound results. In 2020, PLAYCE Studio, Ltd was created to empower collaboration among communities, their agents, and designers to create meaningful built environments for everyone through training and coaching designers, students, and municipal and community leaders to experience their own successes using play.
We are out to change the world!
After decades of relying on traditional planning models, users and stakeholders have become ambivalent with the process and are often less likely to enthusiastically participate.
The PLAYCE approach was developed in 2014 for community engagement in the design process. In 2020, PLAYCE was made an official company to empower collaboration among communities, their agents, and designers to create meaningful built environments for everyone.
Joy Kuebler, RLA, FASLA
With a proven background in Landscape Architecture, Joy Kuebler developed and began implementing the PLAYCE approach within her practice in 2014. She quickly recognized that the outcomes of the PLAYCE methodology were drastically better than any traditional engagement process she had used in the past. Joy founded PLAYCE studio as a standalone training company to disseminate her effective and efficient approach to community engagement.
The PLAYCE approach to public engagement is a fun and interactive process that helps to form the basis of a design vision that is deeply rooted in community support.
The PLAYCE approach is easily integrated into traditional public engagement models and provides forms of engagement that foster efficient, productive and quality public participation. PLAYCE techniques cultivate a spirit of cooperation and creative problem solving among participants that when combined with a transparent process, builds trust from the onset of a project.
Cheryl Salazar, MPA, CPRP
Cheryl Salazar is a committed public service professional with nearly 20 years of experience in municipal parks and recreation. She has excelled in various roles, overseeing aquatics, commissions, events, marketing, waterpark operations, and community engagement for municipalities across Southern California.
After attending a PLAYCE webinar presented by Joy, Cheryl was immediately inspired to join the PLAYCE team. Drawing on her extensive experience in municipal parks and recreation, she discovered the PLAYCE methodology that enables her to enhance public service and train others to strengthen relationships between communities, their agents, and designers. Cheryl has enthusiastically joined PLAYCE to contribute to bringing its mission to the world!
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PLAYCE | Placemaking through play.
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