Students: Cate Adams, Emma Clopton, Isabelle Spirk, and Julie Wright

• Identify FIVE specific things in your slides that you could have done differently.

1. We could have started the project a few days sooner. It felt as though when the deadline got closer, we seemed to rush. Perhaps having a few extra days would have helped us confidence and preparation wise. 
2. We had a lot of strong talking points, however it would have been good to sit down together and make them perhaps more coherent. With the scores we received, we may have faulted with full descriptions of what our goals were. 
3. We could have included slide addressing potential challenges we anticipate.
4. We could have included pictures from specific partnership events.
5. We could have included more details of the work of past teams including pictures of the work on the tool shed and herb spiral.

• Identify FIVE specific ways in which you could have delivered your presentation better.

1. We could have delivered the presentation better by emphasizing the value of partnership and how both parties will genuinely benefit from our project. 
2. We could have spent more time discussing what our project actually is and what it will accomplish.
3. We could have provided more descriptive presentation screens. It seems as though the feedback indicates that there was still some questioning on what permaculture and civic agency is; perhaps it would have been better to provide better visuals and written descriptions for people to absorb what we were stating.
4. We could have further emphasized the connection between our project and the broader social situations it exists in, such as lack of civic agency and social power, in order to properly and effectively convey how our project can be useful to Southside Bethlehem and what we can do to ensure that it is.
5. We could have further explained our step-by-step process for meeting our goals throughout the year, as well as solutions as to how we can ensure the partnerships that will be made will stick and be passed down for years to come. It seems as though there was not a clear understanding of our intended plan and we may have come off more uncertain in going about our vision. 

• Identify FIVE specific ways you could have built your credibility further.

1. 1. We could have built our credibility further by elaborating more on the progress of past permaculture teams, further clarifying where we currently are in our own team’s progress. 
   2. We could have created a timeline for smaller, broken-down next steps for the project to show that we are sure about where our project is going to go next and how it is going to expand. 
   3. We could have built our credibility further by recognizing conferences, meetings, and connections previous teams had made in the past as well as what we are attending and engaging in. 
   4. We could have emphasized the impact Southside Permaculture Park has made thus far on the Bethlehem community and how we will improve and expand impact over the course of the next year. 
   5. We could have emphasized the partnerships that the park has built thus far more (Natural Builders Guild, etc.).

• Identify FIVE specific questions that you could have answered better.  What was the question, how did you respond, how should you have responded?​​

1. What sort of community engagement events are you planning within this space? 
   1. We definitely hesitated with this question at first. Our team has not fully come up with a definite or more fully planned idea for on-site community engagement. However, we did mention that past teams have held a booth at the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market, attended conferences and meetings. We have only dipped into community meetings, especially since it is still winter and it would be more difficult to get on-site activities together in the cold. 
   2. We should have just sat down and come up with several solutions to confidently explain ways we can immerse the park into the southside community better. 
2. How does the work of the SSPP lower levels of food insecurity? 
   1. In our response, we mentioned our engagement at the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market where we gave out food. Mostly just mentioned that it is a model permaculture park and that we will work with the community so they can learn from the ethics and practices of regenerative agriculture in a perennial backyard design system. We also mentioned that we are planning to grow more high-yield crops to be able to provide for the community more. 
   2. We should have emphasized our plans for events such as maybe considering pop-up shops or harvesting events on-site. We also could have mentioned the potential of conducting community research here, where we can learn what the community needs and truly the level of food insecurity that is occurring around the park. We could have mentioned expanding community engagement, making the website and social media page much more accessible, user-friendly, and educational. This is so we can educate the community how they can best grow their own regenerative gardens.
3. How much can actually be grown in the park?
   1. We were unsure exactly how much could be grown in the park, so we just provided an estimate.  We told the referees that only a limited amount could be grown in the park due to the small size of the plot of land.
   2. Although what we told the referees was true, we should have been prepared, so we could have provided a more specific answer.  We should have reviewed past year’s yields, so we could have more fully answered the question.
4. How does the SSPP differ from the community garden already established by Afros in Nature on the greenway where they also hold public performances?
   1. We definitely hesitated with this question since we were more unfamiliar with the community garden that the referee mentioned. We only really knew about our partnership with Afros in Nature from previous fellows. We mostly just tried to quickly move on from the question. 
   2. We think it is really important that we learn about our partners, what they are doing, their mission, and exactly what engagement occurred between SSPP and them. It is important to make sure we can confidently explain everything we present, even the minor details. 
5. Do you have channels set up to communicate with residents regularly or is it just whoever you see at these meetings? 
   1. We did a really good job confidently responding to this question. We mentioned that we intend on utilizing our website, social media, and other marketing outlets to communicate with community members, as well as people who are interested in permaculture practices as a whole. We mentioned that we intend to make brochures about the park as well as send them via mail or little flyers to make ourselves much more present in the community. 
   2. We could have expanded on our timeline for getting brochures out/ other forms of communication. We gave a lot of solutions, but did not mention the way we would really implement those ideas for a successful impact.