The objectives of the Adams County Making Connections Planning and Implementation Plan were to review more than 188 identified projects in 85 previously adopted plans by various entities, identify a Top 40 list (mobility and utility infrastructure, policy/program, and development areas), and then implement the Top 10 from 2017 through 2027.

How can designers use tactical urbanism to reach a wide and targeted audience in public work? In the small mountain community of Avon, Colorado, tactical urbanism strategies do just that. The project approach shifts tactical urbanism efforts from the typical seeding of advocacy projects to promoting and testing design ideas as an immersive public engagement tool.