Not exact matches
83 Degrees Media tells the stories of urban and emerging neighborhoods, community building,
placemaking, entrepreneurship, creativity, arts and growing companies
by featuring stories about talent, innovation, global diversity and environment in the Tampa Bay region of Florida.
About Off the Grid Founded
by Matt Cohen in San Francisco in 2010, Off the Grid is a
placemaking platform that empowers people and businesses to create authentic experiences.
AUDIO Recording - September 9, 2017
Placemaking Workshop hosted
by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and facilitated
by Project for Public Spaces
Lead project support is provided
by ArtPlace America, a collaboration of leading national and regional foundations, banksand federal agencies accelerating creative
placemaking across the U.S. Additional major support is provided
by Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and The Malka Fund.
Graduation speakers also included Professor of Fashion Design Adrienne Jones, who was named Distinguished Teacher (2017 - 18) and was honored with a medal designed
by Andreas Haji - Georgi (B.I.D.» 17), and elected student speakers David Cutler (B.F.A. Communications Design» 17) and Maria Gabriela Gonzalez Rausell (M.S. Urban
Placemaking and Management» 17).
The space is programmed
by Gates's Rebuild Foundation and is partially funded
by a National Endowment for the Arts Creative
Placemaking grant.
Past Public Programming series include if it's not work, it must be PLAY: Discussions on the state of work in the arts,
by Cevan Castle (2014 - 15 fellow); and Make Some Place: Conversations about people, practice, and creative
placemaking,
by Jordan Dyniewski and perryne lee poy lokhandwala (2016 fellows).
This multi-part project animates Chester's downtown cultural corridor
by engaging the local community, along with experts in public history,
placemaking, and tactical urbanism, in a series of events and programs interpreting the city's underground history.
Researchers have investigated the role of «
placemaking» in relationships, seeking to understand how objects in a home reflect and represent the couple that resides in that space.1 In a study published in the journal Personal Relationships, researchers asked partners who were married, or couples that were not married but cohabiting, to list objects in their homes and note whether each item was acquired
by a particular partner individually («that's my ’59 Fender Stratocaster and your first edition of Darwin's Origin of Species»), or whether the couple had acquired it together («our collection of vintage pornography»; see this post for more on language use and relationships).
Thirty - two firefighters, police officers and U.S. Coast Guard members tapped into a
placemaking program offered
by the Michigan Association of REALTORS ® (MAR).
So why not address community resilience in the context of
placemaking where the community would also benefit
by gaining a new destination, green or public space to visit and enjoy.
«
Placemaking is all about living and embracing a city's culture; working and delving head first into the business of a community; playing in a city
by experiencing it 365 days per year; and giving one's intellectual capital to contribute to bettering that place,» said Greene Groves.
Whether cities are motivated
by the threat of future storms or the need to maintain a tighter budget,
Placemaking should be considered as another strategy to create resilient cities.
Placemaking is a way to make your community a better place to live and work
by transforming public spaces into vibrant community places.
Placemaking can be undertaken
by anyone in a community but what is often needed is someone to take the lead or initiative.
The community of Fortville, Indiana turned an unattractive alleyway into a pedestrian - friendly public space with benches, planters and public art, partially funded
by a NAR
Placemaking Micro-grant requested
by the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS ® (MIBOR) earlier this year.
The National Association of REALTORS ®»
Placemaking Initiative encourages REALTOR ® associations and their members to become engaged in their communities
by creating beautiful and useful public places.
From Mother Nature's awe inspiring places — Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks — to several
placemaking projects created
by local REALTOR ® Associations including ones in Missoula, Helena, Billings, Livingston & Kalispell, there is a lot of
placemaking going on in Montana.
The National Association of REALTORS ® developed a
Placemaking Initiative to encourage our REALTOR ® Associations and Boards, and their members, to become engaged in their communities
by transforming spaces that are unused or underused, such as vacant lots, to vibrant community gathering places, such as community gardens and farmer's markets.
The
Placemaking blog will complement those efforts
by providing news, updates, examples from around the country, including from REALTOR ® associations and REALTORS ®, and guest blogs.