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A Playbook for Inclusive Placemaking | Placemaking Monthly

Posted June 2, 2019 - 12:36

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces [1] connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement. In this edition, read the first article in a series on equity and inclusion in placemaking [2].
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Early Bird registration is now open for Placemaking Week in Chattanooga!
Register today [4], while Early Bird rates last!
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If we are going to do better than a status quo that reinforces existing inequalities in public space, placemaking must become a process of broad listening and deep learning—from the first workshop, through programming, design, and management.  Read our first article in a series on equity and inclusion in placemaking [2].

More from the Project for Public Spaces blog:
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Multi-Use Cemeteries: A Place for the Living in the Land of the Dead [5]
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Three Great Streets from Mexico City's Centro Histórico [6]
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ICYMI: Placemaking Week Comes to Chattanooga [7]
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A Revolution on the Streets of India: Five Years of Raahgiri Day [8]
  • D.C. Bill Would Make Protected Bike Lanes Mandatory (Streetsblog [9])
  • This City Might Give Homeless People the Right to Camp in Any Public Space (CityLab [10])
  • 'Just like a real office': workers use public parking as co-working space (Guardian [11])
  • Don't forget the footpath—it's vital public space (The Conversation [13])
  • Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk (World Resources Institute [14])
  • Participatory Budgeting: 10 Years of Transforming Democracy (Participatory Budgeting [15])

“So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.” 

— William H. Whyte
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Parramatta Square | New South Wales, Australia [16]
Parramatta Square reflects flexible design principles, setting an example for successful small public spaces created through ongoing programming, events, and markets. The square has anchored the public life of the region, even while adjacent parts of Parramatta Square are under construction. 
Nominate a Great Public Space here [17]!
 
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The 2018 Revised Edition of How to Turn a Place Around [29], PPS's comprehensive guide to placemaking, with new tools and case studies, a vibrant updated design, and a brand new section on how to run a successful placemaking process. Order now [29]!
Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected] [30]. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.  
Copyright © 2019 Project for Public Spaces, PPS, All rights reserved.

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[1] https://www.pps.org/
[2] https://www.pps.org/article/a-playbook-for-inclusive-placemaking-community-process
[3] https://www.placemakingweek.org/
[4] https://placemakingweek.org
[5] https://www.pps.org/article/multi-use-cemeteries-a-place-for-the-living-in-the-land-of-the-dead
[6] https://www.pps.org/article/three-great-streets-from-mexico-citys-centro-historico
[7] https://www.pps.org/article/placemaking-week-comes-to-chattanooga-in-2019
[8] https://www.pps.org/article/a-revolution-on-the-streets-of-india-five-years-of-raahgiri-day
[9] https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/08/d-c-bill-would-make-protected-bike-lanes-mandatory/
[10] https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/city-might-give-homeless-people-right-camp-anywhere/588301/
[11] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/04/just-like-a-real-office-workers-use-public-parking-as-co-working-space-wepark
[12] https://www.pps.org/article/2016-party-for-public-spaces
[13] https://theconversation.com/dont-forget-the-footpath-its-vital-public-space-115151
[14] https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/04/qa-one-woman-aims-save-kids-lives-redesigning-roads-they-walk
[15] https://www.participatorybudgeting.org/annual-report-2018/?utm_campaign=10%20Year%20Anniversary&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72892784&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9iEwYS8M-_9IeKBF2ivN1cI04mIvzzMZv9ZCNV1XxfHbn0aPbR6KCt_CGHGrxkG7addJZd4Ax1sPsfxECfHKfKgoJY5A&_hsmi=72892784
[16] https://www.pps.org/projects/parramatta-square
[17] https://www.pps.org/places
[18] https://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=5ae75d0b2e&e=2d5b9a9d7f
[19] https://thinkcity.com.my/whats-on/placemaker-proposals/
[20] https://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=5a0a637874&e=109b0a61a5
[21] https://forum.savingplaces.org/learn/conferences-training/plt/law
[22] https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-launch-buffalo-skyway-corridor-competition
[23] https://www.arts.gov/news/2019/funding-and-technical-assistance-available-rural-communities
[24] http://www.placemakinglatinoamerica.com/
[25] https://nthp.hrmdirect.com/employment/job-opening.php?req=999737&&#job
[26] https://jobs.nextcity.org/job/placemaking-manager-sunnyvale-california-0452
[27] https://stipo.nl/publicaties/
[28] https://publicmarkets.pps.org/
[29] https://www.pps.org/product/how-to-turn-a-place-around-2
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