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Using Public Space to Expand Storytelling on the National Mall
New exhibit aims to increase representation by telling important stories of the nation.by: Dina WaltersA new temporary exhibit on the National Mall aims to balance protecting historic spaces while increasing opportunities for more stories to be shared. -
Creative Placemaking for Community Health
Planning Approaches to Encourage Physical Activity in Small and Rural Communitiesby: Johamary Pena, AICP, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICPThis blog post provides an overview of community events as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creative Placemaking
June 2016by: Lynne McCormackThis blog post explores the history of creative placemaking and the opportunities it presents for the future. -
Our View of Creative Placemaking, Two Years In
2012by: Jason Schupbach, Sunil IyengarThis blog post discusses the benefits of creative placemaking and explores creative placemaking indicators developed by the National Endowment for the Arts. -
Arts as Proven Economic Driver in Placemaking
n.d.by: Neil TakemotoThis blog post provides multiple examples of how creative placemaking can contribute to economic growth. -
Agenda Spotlight: Creative Placemaking
September 2016This blog post focuses on how creative placemaking can develop active public places by incorporating public art. -
Creative Placemaking and the Politics of Belonging and Dis-Belonging
2012by: Roberto BedoyaThis blog post discusses the intersection between creative placemaking and social justice. -
Fuzzy Concepts, Proxy Data: Why Indicators Won't Track Creative Placemaking Success
2012by: Ann MarkusenThis blog post discusses the importance of supportive evaluative systems in creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking Has an Outcomes Problem
June 2014by: Ian MossThis blog post proposes that there are gaps in measuring outcomes related to creative placemaking projects. -
Creative Placemaking: What it is and Why It’s Important for Communities
October 2014by: Aidan Flax-ClarkThis blog post examines the history of creative placemaking. -
How Art, Culture, and Community Drove Transit Oriented Development in Santa Fe
September 2011by: Michael SemanThis blog post discusses the history of creative placemaking at The Railyards, a transit oriented development in Santa Fe, NM, that supports several arts and culture initiatives -
How Design Thinking Transformed a Neighborhood’s Creative Placemaking Strategy
April 2017by: Sarah Corlett, Caitlin BehleThis blog post explores how creative placemaking keeps resident perspectives at the forefront of creative placemaking strategies. -
The Question All Creative Placemakers Should Ask
2012by: Neeraj MehtaThis blog post explores the relationship between creative placemaking and equity. -
Supporting Culture-Based Place Making with NEA Grants
November 2013by: Leslie BraunsteinThis blog post highlights a variety of creative placemaking projects funded through NEA Grants. -
Creative Place Making: Turning Urban Open Space into a Cultural Asset
November 2015by: Camilla McLaughlinThis blog post summarizes key points from a panel conversation focused on urban open spaces and creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking’s Positive Impact on Community Development
May 2016by: Michael HobanThis blog post discusses how creative placemaking can engage community residents through arts and culture activities. -
Growing Value through Creative Placemaking
October 2016by: Juanita HardyThis blog post showcases how creative placemaking can shape development projects. -
Creative Communities and Arts-Based Placemaking
June 2015This blog post discusses how arts-based placemaking can benefit communities. -
Meet the Entrepreneurs Creating an Arts and Culture-Based Economy in Post-Coal Appalachia
April 2017by: Alexis StephensThis blog post describes community-led creative placemaking and community development efforts in Letcher County, Kentucky. -
Can Creative Placemaking Be Used as a Tool to Build Community Resilience?
October 2017by: Frederick ZindellThis blog post highlights the role of creative placemaking in encouraging climate and cultural resilience. -
Five Steps toward Implementing Creative Placemaking
October 2017by: Juanita HardyThis blog post highlights a creative placemaking process used to develop a mixed-use complex in the District of Columbia. -
Mural Festival Advances Creative Placemaking
Uncovering JAPA: Explore a successful model of creative placemaking using murals to engage the community from Springfield, Massachusetts.
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