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SOURCE STATEMENT (condensed brief)
City Repair inspires the communities and individuals of Portland, Oregon to transform the places they live in a creative, artistic, and ecological way to bring neighborhoods together. They call this placemaking. City Repair strives to reclaim urban spaces to create community-oriented places, to plant seeds for greater neighborhood communication, and to empower our communities and nurture our local culture through natural building, permaculture, and public art. City Repair began in Portland, Oregon with the idea that localization is a necessary foundation of sustainability. They host and/or partner with several events during the year, and work in neighborhoods across the city. City Repair’s ultimate goal is to create local community betterment and involvement. Their main audience is local Portlanders who volunteer their time and have pride in the communities in which they play an active roll. There is no specific income level, gender, age range or occupation for this audience. They must only want to better their surrounding communities and be willing to put time into their local projects.

NATURE
City: tall, skyscrapers, buildings, grids, streets, street vendors, business people, bustle, lights, grids, taxis, cars, busses, subway systems, parks, downtown, uptown, squares, green areas in gray, skyline, many people, some dirty, some clean, homeless people, concrete, birds nesting, architecture
Repair: plumber under the sink, crack fixed, patched, tar on road cracks, filled in potholes, stitching together a hole, time spent to fix something of value, clean, mended, repairing relationships
Inspire: purposeful inspiration, event, story, word of mouth, article, someone seeing someone doing something meaningful, personal histories
Community: people coming together bonded by a commonality (location, ideals, priorities), neighborhood, sports team, club members, young and old, working together
Individual: one person, unique to others, standing out, alone
Portland: (see city), green ideals, capital of Oregon, sustainable technology and spaces, young innovators, community city
Oregon: west coast, green, lush, north west, coastal, mountains, locality
Transform: to change form, to add on to, remodel, plastic surgery, redecorate, re…., physical change, internal change, change if ideals, change of heart, change of mind, fresh coat of paint, child to adult, old to new, new to old, decompose
Creative: new ideas, making things with your hands, thinking outside of the box, creative writing, free-hand, artists, architects
Artistic: (see creative), artistic person
Ecological: dealing with nature, building/thinking/creating with nature and the environment in mind, green, natural materials, no excess gas/waste/energy, being one with the environment as much as possible
Neighborhood: group of houses, group of people, connected by streets, houses connected, groups of streets, people who live close together that come together, people who have common locals, houses next to each other, common parks, common living areas, places to gather within neighborhood areas, neighborhood parks, cul-de-sacs
Together: two or more people meeting up/hanging out/getting together
Placemaking: creating a place that people want to gather, sustainable communities, people working together, community taking care of their space to gather and communicate, gathering space, painted intersections, natural building walls and spaces, community day or week for bringing the space together, intersections
Reclaim: taking back a place/space/object, painting, fixing, sprucing up, weeding, building, changing
Urban: (see city), diverse, culture, downtown instead of only shopping centers
Spaces: outer space, deep space, living space, community space, enclosed space, open space, room, intersection, park, a place that usually has boundaries, large space, small space
Nurture: to care for, mother holding child, teaching, caring, hug, bear hug, taking care of the hurt, loving
Local: from a certain area in close proximity to a certain location, neighborhoods, farms, local food, green building with local materials, locals, people from a certain area, not tourists
Culture: people’s backgrounds, the ideals from which people come, Indian vs, African vs. asian vs. European vs. catholic vs. Eskimo vs. backpacker vs. country folk, common beliefs between people
Natural: coming from the earth, materials collected from the earth, green, brown, tan, natural colors, being good to the earth, not using chemicals or harmful materials
Building: structure, place to live/work, entranceway with structural walls around it for protection
Permaculture: communities staying together, use of local materials and ingredients, bringing cultures/communities/neighborhoods together, sustainable human settlements
Public art: created by an artist, created by a community, in a public space, for all to see, can withstand the weather, generally pleasing, non-offensive, something to bring communities together,
Betterment: people making the places the live/go/visit better than when they originally entered, picking up trash, fixing a shack, making a bad neighborhood good, giving pride to a community, pride of where people live, giving people pride in themselves
Involvement: helping out, being part of a community, not sitting lazily, doing something, helping others, working
Volunteer: person, no age distinction, guy or girl, person giving their time for no pay, personal betterment, helping a community/person in need, working for a cause, working to help, wanting to help, internal gratification/payment, caring
Pride: proud, pride of lions, happy in what you have accomplished, feelings of pleasure/delight/gratification
Project: creation, work created by people for a specific problem/need/want, art project, neighborhood project, work project

SOURCE
City: growth, population increase, business center, government
Repair: plumber, professional, business, truck, leak, broken thing, need for fixing, problem that shouldn’t stay as it is, or that would be better off fixed than left the same
Inspire: people’s stories, overheard conversations, seeing a commercial, memories, by anything that triggers a desire to do something for themselves, for others, for the community, for science, for something that they normally wouldn’t do on a day to day basis (or maybe they are inspired to do it on a daily basis?!)
Community: close proximity or common belief and ideas
Individual: being born, being different, standing out, their parents, event s that have shaped them to be different
Portland: traders, trappers, and settlers, people going west, people converging en route to their destination in the 1800’s
Oregon: US westward expansion, Lewis and Clark expedition put Oregon on the map, admitted to union 1859, founded as refuge from disputes over slavery that were tearing apart other states (Kansas), “white’s only” clause in state Constitution
Transform: a need for change, a want to change, forceful change
Creative: internal want and need to create, talent to make things that look good, the want to change a boring space into a more interesting one, a want to make a place took better, a want to make things such as art, fashion, architecture, etc.
Artistic: want to make things, talent, people telling you that you are good at art, a creative person (see creative above), having an eye for design, color, for the things needed to make art
Ecological: earth, the need to get back to nature, too much pollution, people caring about the earth and environment, people not wanting to impact their local area or earth more than they can help it, the ‘green’ movement
Neighborhood: people living close together, connected by streets, people with the same location, sometimes with the same ideals and culture (china town, Italian neighborhoods in a city, etc.), planned areas of development
Together: two or more people meeting up, staying with one another, not being alone, a need to not be alone, socializing
Placemaking: communal spaces, people living in a community/neighborhood wanting to bring it together
Reclaim: old, needing fixing, something left without ownership
Urban: cities, people migrating to one place and all settling in close proximity, from the city, not from the country
Spaces: area confined by walls, boundaries,
Nurture: caring, love, wanting to take care of others
Local: close by, surrounding area, from the local area
Culture: the differences between people from local to local,
Natural: mother nature, nature, trees, things that look natural, no preservatives, nothing manmade
Building: workers, bricks, lot, blueprints, plans, hard work, raw materials
Permaculture: people coming together, living close together, wanting to make living conditions in a community better, community members, neighborhoods
Public Art: artists, grants, raw materials, plans
Betterment: a want to enhance something, enhance quality of life, to enhance the quality
Involvement: group, opportunity, word of mouth, friends, community
Volunteer: a want to help
Pride: self-assurance, group of lions
Project: need, inspiration, want to create, want to build something, skill, talent, ability

HOW DELIVERED
City: train, car, taxi, brochure, bus, bicycle, walking, billboard, advertisements, new job, new opportunities
Repair: repair man, repair truck, placing a bandage, knowledge of a problem
Inspire: speech, talk, word of mouth, reading a story
Community: neighborhood planning, similarities between a group of people
Individual: baby, stork, parents, being different from other people
Portland: (see city)
Oregon: (see city)
Transform: a need for change, an actual change, shift in appearance, through a change
Creative: experience, mind, thought processes, art store, materials,
Artistic: (see creative)
Ecological: not with chemicals,
Neighborhood: building company
Together: more than one person, a person visiting another,
Placemaking: living close to others, communication, common wants, a want to live in a place that is enjoyable and livable, hard work of people, willingness of community
Reclaim: a need of change, someone seeing something of worth in something that other’s have discarded, physically taking an object, defending something, regaining something, getting the possession of something
Urban: (see city), being of downtown, being of the city
Spaces: spaceship, four walls surrounding it, purchasing a house, claiming your own space in a larger communal space
Nurture: caring, love, loved ones, caring ones, noticing the little needs that otherwise go unnoticed
Local: close proximity, farms, farmers, neighbors
Culture: beliefs, ideas, commonalities, festivals, geographic locations, personal histories
Natural: the earth, soil, farmers, loggers, people who collect materials from the earth, trucks
Building: people, builders, supplies, bringing supplies together, construction, trucks, knowledgeable people, from the ground up
Permaculture: people, people living in a community, a want for community, a want for a place to gather, a consideration for the future, communal structure
Public Art: artists, public interest, blank space, wanting to bring the community together, materials, raw materials being placed together to make more than they started, truck,
Betterment: beginning at a weaker/worse/lower level, needing improvement, hard work, action, want, need
Involvement: car, truck, through a friend, interest, word of mouth, giving time
Volunteer: car, truck, friend, common ideas/bonds, walking, biking
Pride: self-confidence, something created, something done well, something that is good and accomplished
Project: materials, truck, ideas, hard work, thinking, creating, piecing things together to make more sense, beginning with an idea

SIZE/WEIGHT
City: lots of people, into the sky, underground, widespread, condensed
Repair: small or large, a stitch for a small hole in a piece of clothing, a broken water heater, a leaky faucet, a tornado flies through a city and destroys everything, thus causing it to repair, slow to be notices if a small one, need generally instantly noticed if large like a tree falling on a house or lightning strikes a telephone pole
Inspire: overheard story, memento picked up off the ground, story read, small incident, quietly inspired, internal
Community: of coworkers, of neighbors, of printmakers across the country, national, international, school groups
Individual: average height and weight of a human, baby small, fat man large
Portland: 134.3 sq miles, 582,130 people
Oregon: 95,997 sq miles, 3,641,056 people
Transform: caterpillar turning into a butterfly,
Creative:
Artistic:
Ecological: ecological impact from and hill to whole geographical region to the whole world
Neighborhood: several houses to an extra-large neighborhood that goes on for miles, small houses, mansions
Together: size of a warm heart, size of two people, weight of comfort,
Placemaking: area in a community, acre, block, side of the road, community comfort, weightless ease of being there
Reclaim: shoelace to plot of land, weight off shoulders for finding again or for making better
Urban: size and population of the city, into the sky, bird’s eye view, ant’s eye view, underground
Spaces: between words, room, closet, small, large, outer space infinite, ceiling height, within four walls, light and airy, heavy and depressingly dark
Nurture: inside an embrace, human/animal scale, weightless
Local: regional, neighborhood, backyard, national
Culture: many people, the weight of all those people, weight of stereotypes, weight of responsibilities and duties
Natural: light environmental weight
Building: many stories high, basements underground, a block or more wide, heavy brick and cement, light wall of windows
Permaculture: size of the community, lightweight of worry-free area, size of block, wall, stand, park
Public Art: heavy steel, light wind sculpture, monumental scale, minuscule installation
Betterment: lightweight on the emotions, happy feeling, no heavy thoughts
Involvement: community, park, house, large or small group of those involved, working in a large or small space
Volunteer: human size, corresponding weight
Pride: no heavy feelings
Project: miniature to monumental, number of people working on it, (see public art), national project, city-wide project, in a room, in a house, in a museum, an any size structure, outside in the open

WHY GIVEN
City: because lots of people want to be there
Repair: to fix a problem
Inspire: to inspire others to do good things
Community: to make people feel a sense of togetherness and to give them a place to gather and enjoy eachother
Individual: to not be the same as other people, to be unique
Portland: to be green, to live in a city
Oregon: to live on the west coast
Transform: to change
Creative: for other people to enjoy and to give you a creative outlet, inherited
Artistic: (see creative)
Ecological: to save the earth
Neighborhood: to give people a place to live, to give people community
Together: to not be alone
Placemaking: (see neighorhood)
Reclaim: to fix or reclaim something
Urban: it’s what happens in a city or downtown
Spaces: for protection
Nurture: with love
Local: by locals to support local entities
Culture: to keep ideas and traditions alive
Natural: to not produce waste or harm the earth
Building: to give protection
Permaculture: to create a sense of community
Public Art: for the public to enjoy and to put on the artist’s resume
Betterment: to give people pride in what they have or where they are
Involvement: to be part of a group, to
Volunteer: because they think it is right
Pride: to make people feel better
Project: needs something to do, have a new idea

1. SYNONYMS, 2. ANTONYMS, 3. CLICHES, 4. INVERTED MEANING TO CONCEPT
City: 1. Downtown, metropolis, capital 2. Rural, country 3/4. Bright lights, big city, big town, Railroad him right out of town, You can dress her up but you still can’t take her to town
Repair: 1. Correct, improve, rebuild, revamp 2. Break, destroy, wreck, damage 3/4. Broke beyond all repair, If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, Even a broken watch is correct twice a day
Inspire: 1. Enliven, influence, motivate 2. Discourage, dissuade 3/4. __________
Community: 1. Neighborhood, association, commonality 2. Disagreement, dissimilarity 3/4. Pillar of the community, As common as grandma at bingo, As common as turkey in Kentucky Fried Chicken, There are many ears in the cornfield
Individual: 1. Person, unit 2. Group, collection, posse 3/4. Skin and bones, Second to none, To be one’s own man/master, Go it alone, Better off alone,
Portland:
Oregon:
Transform: 1. Alter, convert, renew, change 2. Leave alone, preserve 3/4. ___________
Creative: 1. Gifted, talented, inspired 2. Uncreative, bland, untalented 3/4. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_________
Artistic: 1. Creative, talented, inspired 3. Scientific, bland, untalented 3/4. ____________
Ecological: practical, reasonable 2. Careless, expensive, unreasonable 3/4. Child of nature, Habit is second nature
Neighborhood: 1. Block, community, village 2. Foreign, unknown 3/4. Birds of a feather flock together
Together: 1. Simultaneously, united 2. Alone, apart 3/4. Hand in hand, It is better to be alone than wish you were, Welcome with open arms, let’s all band together
Placemaking: 1. _________ 2. ____________ 3/4. __________
Reclaim: 1. Reform, repair, salvage 2. Abandon, forfeit 3/4. Rats abandon a sinking ship
Urban: 1. Downtown, inner-city, city 2. Rural, country, suburb 3/4. Bright lights, big city
Spaces: 1. Area, gap, location 2. Cramped, closure, solid 3/4. Great open spaces
Nurture: 1. Cherish, provide, cultivate 2. Ignore, neglect 3/4. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, Heart of stone, The chickens came home to roost,
Local: 1. Native, district, neighborhood 2. Foreigh, alien 3/4. Neigher here nor there, Here, there, everywhere,
Culture: 1. Customs, lifestyle, way of life 2. Following the crowd 3/4. Old customs die hard
Natural: 1. Raw, pure, genuine, of the earth 2. Man-made, processed 3/4. From the land, Nature’s child, practice until it becomes second nature
Building: 1. Assemble, structure 2. Demolish 3/4. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
Permaculture: 1. _________ 2. ____________ 3/4. __________
Public Art: 1. Sculpture, for all to view 2. Hidden, unshown art 3/4. art for art’s sake
Betterment: 1. Improvement 2. Deterioration, impairment 3/4. All for one and one for all, Honesty pays
Involvement: 1. Engagement, take part in 2. Apathy 3/4. Many are called but few are chosen, There’s no “I” in team
Volunteer: 1. Offer, enlist, take initiative 3. Force, obligate 3/4. One good deed deserves another
Pride: 1. Self-esteem, satisfaction 2. Humility, shyness, timid 3/4. Better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you’re a fool, The bigger they come, the harder they fall
Project: 1. Assignment, activity, exploration 2. Nothing to do 3/4. Do whatever it takes to get the job done

Most of the work is being done to counter the effects of other people’s work: when we all agree to work half as much, the total result would be the same