Happy New Year! | Weekly Placemaking Round-Up - Project for Public Spaces

Posted December 31, 2017 - 11:37

Here is a special New Year issue this new weekly roundup of news, ideas, opportunities, and more - a curated list of content for placemakers by placemakers - from the Project for Public Spaces.

2018, Here We Come!

PPS began to dig into some new topics in 2017, striking up a conversation around innovation and technology in public spaces. Through the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative on Innovation and Placemaking with the Brookings Institution, we released studies and recommendations for addressing placemaking, innovation, and inclusion issues together. Diving deep into Philadelphia’s University City and Oklahoma City’s Innovation District, this work has brought us valuable new perspective on how place, programming, and policy can accelerate innovation while making fast-growing urban economies more inclusive. This research also found its way into application as the Bass Initiative launched a guidebook for the United States Conference of Mayors, and co-hosted a conference on Innovation and the Public Realm with the Centre for London.

And as big tech companies like Apple and Google’s Sidewalk Labs find more and more overlap between their business plans and public space, you can bet we will continue to facilitate this conversation about the role of technology in public space in 2018!

But before ringing in the New Year, read more about PPS's year in review here — and check out this round-up of our 10 Favorite Placemaking Articles of 2017!

Placemaking in the News

Have a listen to this "GovLove" podcast about PPS and placemaking, as our own Laura Torchio and Elka Gotfryd discuss projects they’ve worked on across the country, how community engagement is key throughout the process, and some useful tools and tips for people interested in placemaking.

Topic: The Community is the Expert

More Placemaking Stories & Ideas

Somewhere Between a Food Truck and a Food Tent, You'll Find a Cubert (NYT)
3 Transportation Predictions for 2018 (U.S. News)
They Stole the Soul Out of the City: How Warsaw’s Reprivatisation is Causing Chaos (The Guardian)
The Curious Case of Brooklyn’s “Island of Misfit Toys” (Curbed)
Nairobi’s Dangerous Streets Set to become Safer for Pedestrians and Cyclists (TheCityFix)

Events and Opportunities

Webinar: Advancing Health Equity Webinar Series Part 3: Fostering Community Partnerships to Advance Health Equity (January 9, 2018, 10:00 to 11:00 am PST)
CFP: URBACT III Call for Transfer Networks (Deadline: January 10, 2018)
EOI: Placemaking Design and Technical Assistance for municipalities, community groups, and nonprofits to improve low/moderate-income communities in Massachusetts via Patronicity & Commonwealth Places (Deadline: January 12, 2018)
CFP: Walk/Bike/Places 2018 in New Orleans, LA (Deadline: February 22, 2018)
Conference: UN-Habitat World Urban Forum, Cities 2030 (Kuala Lumpur, February 7-13, 2018)
Conference: 2nd Annual Complete Streets Conference, "Intersections: Creating Culturally Complete Streets" (Nashville, TN: April 3-4, 2018)
Conference & CFP: 55th International Making Cities Livable (Ottawa, Canada: May 14-18, 2018)
Conference: EDRA49, "Social Equity by Design" (Oklahoma City, OK: June 6-9, 2018)
Conference: Walk/Bike/Places 2018 (New Orleans, LA: September 16-19, 2018)

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Happy New Year! | Weekly Placemaking Round-Up - Project for Public Spaces