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11th International Public Markets Conference

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For over 30 years, the International Public Markets Conference has brought together market leaders and strategic partners from around the globe.

Apply to Host Placemaking Week 2024!

We're looking for a host city for our next Placemaking Week conference in 2024! The event is a global gathering of placemakers that emphasizes hands-on learning and innovative social events. Apply by, Friday, March 31.

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Placemaking Week 2024

PPS 2022 at a Glance

2022 Annual Report

We are excited to announce the release of our 2022 annual report! Project for Public Spaces had a jam-packed year of helping people create a world of community-powered public spaces.

Community Placemaking Grants

Our grants program enable local partners to transform underperforming public spaces and co-create new ones that serve historically marginalized communities.

Woodruff Park, Atlanta, GA — Movie night

Master's Program in Urban Placemaking and Management

Learn an integrated approach to public space design, programming, and management through Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment.

Master's Program in Urban Placemaking and Management at Pratt Institute — Rendering

How to Turn a Place Around — Inside look

How to Turn a Place Around

A Placemaking Handbook

Now available for purchase through Indiebound.org, in support of your local bookstore, and internationally through Amazon.

Our Top 5 Articles of 2022

Our top five articles of 2022 reflect some of Project for Public Spaces’ key achievements this year and highlight a deepening interest in the concept of the "15-minute city" in response to the uncertain future of downtowns.

Our Top 10 Articles of 2021 — Collage

Woodruff Park, Atlanta, GA — After

Places with Purpose: Achieving Social Impact in Public Space

Webinar: April 4, 2022
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Join us to learn about how and why companies, foundations, and philanthropists are turning to public space to achieve their social impact goals.

Market Cities Program

Working in partnership with HealthBridge Foundation of Canada and Slow Food International, the Market Cities Initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of regional policy, governance, and investment strategies to help entire public market networks thrive.

Market CIties Program — Market Photo

Walk Bike Places — Banner

Walk/Bike/Places: Learn more and register!

The premier conference in North America for walking, bicycling, and placemaking professionals from the public and private sectors.

We're hiring!

Now Hiring! Finance & Operations Manager

Project for Public Spaces is inviting applications for a full-time Finance & Operations Manager to join our remote team.

Programs

Placemaking

Imagine a world where everyone has the opportunity to shape public space.

Public Markets

Cultivating hubs of health, community, and opportunity.

Articles

What is Placemaking?

What is Placemaking?

What Makes a Successful Place?

What Makes a Successful Place?

The Ambiance of Life: Music in Public Spaces

February 10, 2023

2022: A Year in Review

December 28, 2022

Our Top 5 Articles of 2022

New York’s Most Exciting New Public Space is a Street in Queens