Comments on: Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: A Low-Cost, High-Impact Approach

By: Harvesting the Positive Potential of Detroit « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:30:36 +0000

[...] is just a pilot for what we hope will be many more events in the neighborhood, along with some “Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” improvements that will make people’s lives better in the short [...]

By: The Power of Food Trucks to Calm a “Turf War” « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:03:23 +0000

[...] that welcomes many different kinds of people. Evanston shows how food trucks can be a “lighter, quicker, cheaper” strategy to transform a maligned, deserted park into a hub of neighborhood activity that [...]

By: Houston is North America’s Placemaking Capital « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:08:53 +0000

[...] Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper describes a hyper-local development framework that is lower risk and lower cost that capitalizes on the creative energy of the local community and that efficiently generates new uses and revenue for places in transition. [...]

By: The Power of Food Trucks to Calm a “Turf War” | Mobile Food News

The Power of Food Trucks to Calm a “Turf War” | Mobile Food News — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:38:12 +0000

[...] usually just hurry past—all without costly, permanent infrastructure changes. It’s a great “lighter, quicker, cheaper” way to test out longer-term changes to the [...]

By: Pattern Cities » Archive » Tactical Urbanism post #3: Pavement to Plazas

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:05:51 +0000

[...] taking this experimental, “lighter, quicker, cheaper,” approach, the City and public-at-large are able to test the performance of each new plaza without [...]

By: Michigan Leads the Way « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:18:35 +0000

[...] What’s so cool about Placemaking is that it offers ways to enhance our communities with ‘lighter, quicker and cheaper’ approaches, because we can see that there’s not going to be a lot of government money coming in. You have to [...]

By: 4 Guidelines on Taking Public Markets to the Next Level « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:47:06 +0000

[...] thriving market district. Markets emerge from a series of incremental additions- often through many lighter, quicker, cheaper [...]

By: Using Ciclovia to Plan Your Streets « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:14:31 +0000

[...] convince officials and stakeholders to give it a shot. That’s one of the biggest benefits of a lighter, quicker, cheaper, placemaking approach to transportation [...]

By: Host a Jane’s Walk in your Neighborhood « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:11:33 +0000

[...] help forge the personal connections and networks that are the foundation that makes community-led, lighter, quicker, cheaper projects possible. This year’s walks will occur throughout the U.S. on May 7th and [...]

By: The High Points of Placemaking: Around the World in 2010 « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:58:28 +0000

[...] Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper [...]

By: Lighter Quicker Cheaper: A Method For Localised Place-Making : Sustainable Cities Network

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:38:54 +0000

[...] on March 24th, 2011Source: Project for Public Spaces (PPS) Image: Carl MiKoy via flickr CC From Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: A Low-cost, High-Impact Approach on PPS:As cities struggle to do more with less and people everywhere cry out for places of meaning [...]