@inproceedings{70e1dc56314a4e41bdf4cd7ca4f4403d,
title = "Urban stage 2014: Actions and outcomes from a collaboration of two institutions and the community",
abstract = "The Urban Stage was constructed as a temporary urbanism project to demonstrate environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability in an urban environment. One block of Avenue J in downtown Lubbock, Texas was constructed and activated between the dates October 30 and November 7, 2014. This paper will focus on the collaboration and decision making processes between the City of Lubbock, Texas Tech University, and the community that enabled this project to take place. The collaborative process between these diverse entities was complex by virtue of the existing organizational structures and bureaucratic inertia. Leadership actions at various levels of organizational structure were required in order to overcome the bureaucratic avoidance of responsibility.",
keywords = "Bureaucratic inertia. Leadership, Collaboration, Decision making, Temporary Urbanism",
author = "David Driskill and Elliott, {Timothy J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The new year quickly saw euphoria turn into serious questioning of the viability and practically implementing the Urban Stage. Meetings with the College of Architecture faculty were largely unproductive as the faculty viewed the project through the lens of preexisting scholarly agendas. imagineLubbocktogether, seen as a key organization in building corporate and business support, found themselves in a period of self-reflection and lacked the ability to participate in a meaningful way. The President{\textquoteright}s office within TTU demanded details in regard to budget and responsibilities. The Urban Stage appeared to be an idea without legs. What was to be initially a late spring event moved to the fall of 2014. Several other accomplishments during this phase included continued support from the Lubbock community, a research grant from TTU, and public promotion of the upcoming Urban Stage. Event planning and set design continued within the parameters of previously secured funding and commitments. Urban Stage researchers Annette Boles, TTU Health Science Center, Adam Cohen, Health, Exercise and Sports Science and David Driskill, Urban Tech were named a TTU Transdisciplinary Research Team and awarded $4,000 toward Urban Stage research. In addition, the primary exhibition for the First Friday Art Trail in April 2014 at Urban Tech promoted the upcoming Urban Stage.; null ; Conference date: 10-03-2015 Through 13-03-2015",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "6th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, IMCIC 2015 and 6th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies, ICSIT 2015 - Proceedings",
publisher = "International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, IIIS",
pages = "87--91",
editor = "Andres Tremante and Hsing-Wei Chu and Belkis Sanchez and Callaos, {Nagib C.}",
booktitle = "6th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, IMCIC 2015 and 6th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies, ICSIT 2015 - Proceedings",
}