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"Destination markets like Pike Place attract local residents and tourists alike because of how interesting and vibrant they are; with tons of things to see, do and buy at every turn and something to offer everyone who visits. It follows that building networks of such markets across cities and regions both maintains local market cultures, strengthens communities, and preserves a way of life that people love to be part of." Our decades of collaboration with Pike Place Market PDA has led to many lessons learned for #publicmarkets around the world and helped us launch the markets movement around the world while we were at Project for Public Spaces. PPS now continues to sustain and grow the #MarketCities movement through their #MarketCitiesNetwork. Full article: https://lnkd.in/gg7t3bta Thanks to leadership, collaboration and contributions from many over the years including Steve Davies, David O'Neil, Fred Kent, Kathy Madden, John Turnbull, Kelly Verel, Kurt Wheeler, Nathan Storring, PlacemakingUS, PlacemakingX, Pike Place Market Foundation, Power of Pike Place, Pike Place Pigs, #Placemaking #LocalFood #FoodSystems #LocalEconomies #EconomicDevelopment

Last two days engaging local Pasadena youth to reimagine the city with James Rojas #Placeit workshop. RECONNECTING PASADENA MASTER PLAN The City of Pasadena is developing a Master Plan to transform the SR-710 stub, turning it into a dynamic community space. This portion, commonly referred to as the "stub," is a short, unfinished section located in Pasadena. The Reconnecting Pasadena Master Plan process will focus on enhancements to existing connectivity, mobility, open space, and quality of life for residents and visitors alike. From improved transportation infrastructure and pedestrian-friendly amenities to green spaces, cultural attractions, and economic opportunities, the plan will re-imagine the SR-710 stub and create a more inclusive and sustainable environment. HISTORY OF THE CORRIDOR Originally proposed as part of a regional freeway network, the SR-710 project faced opposition and legal disputes, leading to its cancellation. This segment of SR-710 North was constructed in the early 1970s, resulting in the displacement of residents and the demolition of homes. The majority of these residences belonged to low-income and minority communities. Starting in 2019, the City of Pasadena began efforts to reimagine the stub by working with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to transfer control to the City. The return of the stub parcel to the City of Pasadena for development highlights the evolving trajectory for future land use and mobility. WHAT IS THE SR-710 STUB? Spanning approximately 60 acres from Union Street to the north, Columbia Street to the South, St. John Avenue on the west and Pasadena Avenue on the east, the project seeks to reimagine the space for the benefit of the surrounding communities and region.

Placemaking is the most effective solution to the loneliness crisis in America! New survey from Harvard's Making Caring Common at HGSE, funded by Capita, shares that "activies/fun community events" and "Connection-focused public spaces" are the social solutions that Americans find most import: https://lnkd.in/gYXCCq7x Credit also to Milena Batanova, Steelcase Foundation, Reach Out and Read, UpTogether, Imaginable Futures, NC Child, the Omidyar Network, and Openfields. Here are out 5 campaigns ideas for addressing the #loneliness epidemic with #placemaking: https://lnkd.in/ewfFVh2C #SocialIsolation #MentalHealth #UrbanHealth

We’re on TikTok with fun reels about #placemaking from our #GlobalPlacemakingSummit. https://lnkd.in/eW89vEzM Reels created by the Fundación Placemaking México team with narration by Tayana Panova, PhD of Social Life Project.

Creating Great Places in 12 Minutes is a FREE and FAST introduction to #placemaking in about 12 minutes. It aims to provide you with: 💡 A better understanding of what placemaking IS and IS NOT 😍 Some ideas on the personal benefits of placemaking 🌳 A few examples to show you what it can look like We have created this crash course to be accessible to anyone just like you!, including #urbanplanning and #design professionals, #government officers, local #businesses and #people who want to improve their community. 2,332 have completed it. You can try it for FREE via https://lnkd.in/g22wVrtC Placemaking Education is brought to you by Town Team Movement and PlacemakingX. Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries WA LG Placemaking Network Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) Municipal Association of Victoria Kelly Grigsby PLACEMAKING Malaysia Royal Town Planning Institute Place Collective UK Placemaking Canada PlacemakingUS Placemaking Europe Amaken Placemaking A Playful City Placemaking for Active Recreation Approach Strong Towns Future Village Parks and Leisure Australia WA Local Government Association (WALGA) Amine Mseddi

Just a week away! Join us for two VERY full days of walks, site visits, workshops and more. The #PlacemakingCanada 2024 Gathering takes place Sept 6-7 in #Montreal. 2-day tix $75; bursaries available. https://lnkd.in/ekd6xJwP PlacemakingX Percolab #Placemaking #PublicPlaces #Equity #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #CommunityBuilding

Attention aspiring placemakers—Project for Public Spaces’ annual online training Placemaking: Making It Happen is back! Join our crack team (and some special guests) this November to learn the fundamentals of community engagement, public space observation and evaluation, activation, and place management. PlacemakingX PlacemakingUS Placemaking Europe Placemaking Canada David Burney Reena Agarwal Lisa Knip David Koren Bridget Marquis Todd Palmer Jennifer Vey Tracy Hadden Loh Ethan Kent

Our annual flagship Better Cities Film Festival in Detroit (Sept. 19-22) is taking several big steps forward this year. We've expanded programing to three days in America's #1 public square, Campus Martius, in partnership with Downtown Detroit Partnership. We can do this because we've moved the festival forward a month to enjoy September's weather and to partner with the exciting Detroit Month Of Design "a citywide collaboration of creativity that gathers designers, consumers, residents and the greater community to celebrate Detroit’s role as a national and global design capital." We're honored to contribute to the cross-disciplinary events taking place in all corners of the city, highlighting the talent and innovation that makes Detroit a UNESCO City of Design. Learn more at their website https://lnkd.in/gb5t9q8c. Read more about the 2024 Better Cities Film Festival in our recent press release. PlacemakingX The Congress for the New Urbanism Michigan CNU First+Main Films John Paget #detroitmonthofdesign Detroit PBS Mark Nickita, FAIA Adam Cook David Cowan Marques King, RA, NCARB, CNU Kenneth Acton Aysha Boston, MUP

The future of cities is rooted in place, that environment we all make, negotiate, and refine every day. But what is place, how do we make it, and where should we be headed? Let's debate! On Saturday October 26 from 9am to 5pm EST, over a dozen internationally leading thinkers and practitioners will debate Place and Placemaking - the crucial, yet elusive roots to a more sustainable, durable, and inclusive urban future. In four thematic sessions, they will explore why place matters and how we can envision, co-create, and communicate better places.    The debate is organized by the new Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence, and you can join either in person in Buffalo or online. Students register for free, non-students either pay $30 (online) or $50 (in-person). In-person lunch is included, but physical spots are limited! Registrants can benefit from 7 AIA/APA CE/CM credits. For more information and to register, visit the Debate website now! https://lnkd.in/evGepHyE Speakers include Tim Cresswell, Joyce Weil, Sharon Zukin, David Brain, Tracy Hadden Loh, Emily Talen, Rosanne Haggerty, Ethan Kent, Jesus J. Lara, Rowena Alegria, Tori Derr, and Leonardo Vazquez, moderated by Tony Hiss, Marc Norman, Dan Pitera, FAIA, and Robert G. Shibley, FAIA, FAICP!

The placemaking movement is ready to evolve to a new level of systemic impact! The movement is well established and it's now been almost five years since we launched PlacemakingX at regional placemaking conferences around the world, and have helped start and sustain more than 30 placemaking networks covering much of the globe. Spinning off from Project for Public Spaces, where we had developed placemaking in the 1990s and then launched the global placemaking movement and network building efforts around 2013, the goal of PlacemakingX was to decentralize and connect the movement around local, national and regional placemaking networks. Now these networks continue to grow and innovate in inspiring ways, guided by extraordinary placemaking leaders in every corner of the globe. To further support these local networks, and help them to go to the next level of collective learning, advocacy and action, placemaking leaders are starting to organize around cross-cutting agendas. Agenda leaders are bridging to other movements and networks, and challenging us all to go deeper in our practice, purpose, and impact. These cross-cutting agendas started to coalesce around our first #GlobalPlacemakingSummit, this past November, with working groups organizing virtually and in-person around 40 agendas that have bubbled up from leaders. We further illustrate the state of the global placemaking movement in our article, Reconnecting People Through Places: Placemaking With Local, and Global, Networks, and in a recent webinar with Gil Penalosa by same title. Last month we gathered on Zoom with the leaders of dozens of our PlacemakingX regional and national networks, as well as some of the leaders of the emerging agenda networks, to hear their. The recordings are now available. We hope to connect at one of the upcoming regional conferences, Placemaking Canada, Placemaking America Latina, and Placemaking Europe's #PlacemakingWeekEurope, or at the United Nations World Urban Forum in Cairo this November we're we will be holding networking sessions among other events in coordination with the Amaken Placemaking Network(the Arab Placemaking network) and Amaken Egypt. We can also come to your community with placemaking leaders to support your work. We are offering our services to support placemaking capacity, network building and systemic change. To connecting people through places! All this info in more is in our recent newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eby2mjwz