- Digital Placemaking expands and enhances the work that PPS does face-to-face with community members and municipal officials to create great places and to plan for more livable, sustainable communities.
- PCJ editor Wayne Senville reflects on the ways a new electronic bulletin board launched in northwestern Vermont is strengthening neighborhood ties and serving as a Placemaking catalyst.
- "If job creation can be spurred by municipal government, that phenomenon will be driven by the ability of the city to build public spaces where people want to live, work, shop and invest. This exercise is called 'placemaking.'"
Join the Partnership for Sustainable Communities’ Webinar June 16
Join the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities for a webinar on Thursday, June 16 at 1:00 PM ET.
- A new Special Message to the Michigan State Legislature puts an unprecedented focus on Placemaking at the state and local levels.
- Creating lively neighborhoods that enhance pride of place and promote local development is critical to improving the environment and quality of life.
- The resolution urges the development of a policy approach for the international application of Placemaking.
Placemaking in Kosovo: “How to Turn a Place Around” Now in Albanian
Making this guide available to an Albanian audience builds on PPS work in the Eastern European region.
- Looking back on 2010, we realize just how far Placemaking has come as a way to build great communities.
- For those looking to learn more about current developments in the planning of urban public space, the new book Human Cities is an excellent guide to…
- "'Placemaking' is both an overarching idea and a hands-on tool for improving a neighborhood, city or region. It has the potential to be one of the most transformative ideas of this century..."
- Considering the programming of the 2010 World Design Capital (WDC) Conference and the work of the Hope Institute, one trend is clear: South Koreans are…