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How Art Economically Benefits Cities

How Art Economically Benefits Cities

Public Space Stories

Hard facts about the financial impact of public art, including case studies of the arts communities in New York City and Oregon.

Cheryl Millard

Cheryl Millard

Young People and Placemaking: Engaging Youth to Create Community Places

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Young People and Placemaking: Engaging Youth to Create Community Places

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Young people use public spaces just as much as anyone else, if not more. And yet, too often young people, or young adults between the ages of 12 to 25, are not included in the process of Placemaking and end up "loitering" in other spaces. The following are just a few of the successful examples from around the world where young people were involved in Placemaking.

Cheryl Millard

Cynthia Nikitin

Cynthia Nikitin

All Placemaking is Creative: How a Shared Focus on Place Builds Vibrant Destinations

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All Placemaking is Creative: How a Shared Focus on Place Builds Vibrant Destinations

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Allowing peoples’ creativity to emerge, Placemaking is a process that is inclusive to everyone.

Cynthia Nikitin

Nina Simon

Nina Simon

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Turns Abbott Square into Creative Public Space

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Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Turns Abbott Square into Creative Public Space

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"The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History fundamentally has two jobs: we bring art and history out into our community, and we invite our community in."

Nina Simon

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