In this issue: Equity and inclusion at the heart of placemaking; The broken promise of public space; The benefits of innovation and placemaking; Pokémon in public space; and a look at community success in rural New Hampshire.

Judith James has written the third of the Strand Reports from the PASCAL 2016 Conference in Glasgow on the subject of building entrepreneurial and economically engaged learning cities. This subject is one of growing importance for learning cities in the context of integrating social and economic aspects of learning city development, an area where much remains to be done.