The results are in! After reviewing many exciting proposals from our fall 2021 call for proposals, we are excited to announce the recipients of our first three Community Placemaking Grants:
- Buffalo Heritage Carousel:
The Buffalo Heritage Carousel, Buffalo, NY
- Buffalo Urban Development Corporation:
Ellicott Street Underpass, Buffalo, NY
- Central Terminal Restoration Corporation:
Buffalo Central Terminal Great Lawn, Buffalo, NY
We were blown away by the creativity and potential impact of these proposals, and with all three located in Buffalo, New York, this cohort of grantees will have a greater opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another to forward placemaking in the City of Good Neighbors. Learn more.
Details about our next round of Community Placemaking Grants will be available next month, so don't forget to subscribe for updates.
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Now through February 28, 2022 • TD Park People Grants, Park People Canada
February 28, 2022 • Cafecito Placemaking Chats, PlacemakingX
March 7, 2022 • Apply to the National Fund for Sacred Places, The National Trust for Historic Preservation
March 23-26, 2022 • Register for CNU 30.OKC | Resilient Together, Congress for the New Urbanism
Have an event or opportunity you would like to share? Email us at [email protected].
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A Model for Sports Stadiums. If you caught the Super Bowl earlier this month, you might have noticed the L.A. Rams’ SoFi Stadium is surrounded by a largely public park instead of parking lots. In this way, the space looks at the totality of a visitor's experience (even when there aren't any games going on) and not just their arrival by car. (Fast Company)
The NFL also announced a "Park on the Move" program that would make available mobile parks equipped with sporting equipment like soccer nets, as well as coaches and mentors, to neighborhoods with low access to play spaces. (AP News)
Parks and Public Safety in Dallas. While cities like New York and San Francisco have chosen to expand police presence, Dallas, which saw a 22% increase in violent incidents between 2018 and 2020, is looking to an alternative model. The Dallas Police Department has started collaborating with other city agencies to reduce violence through other means such as park access and social services. (CityLab)
Lessons from Community Gardeners. NYC community gardeners are trying to utilize policy around Critical Environmental Areas (CEAs) to protect their gardens and their many benefits against redevelopment. Could this same policy be used to defend other vulnerable temporary public places that operate on private land, like many farmers markets? (Civil Eats)
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As always, here's a roundup of placemaking projects and ideas that inspired us this week:
- Four initiatives across the nation exploring the power of placemaking to create more inclusive communities in honor of Black History Month (Main Street America)
- A free e-book highlighting what equitable and inclusive public spaces look like (Next City)
- Parisian examples of bollards that support socializing while protecting from vehicle traffic (Social Life Project)
- "Rewilding" urban areas has many benefits including better moods (CityLab)
- Philly to improve and restore many of its parks (Billy Penn)
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Partner Spotlight: mySidewalk
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We're thrilled to bring on our new Data Partner for the Community Placemaking Grants initiative: mySidewalk, a technology company that builds data tools for people who aren't data scientists.
With access to their platform, Project for Public Spaces can more efficiently use, share, and visualize local data, and answer important questions about public space equity like, "Who could this park serve with the right design, programming, and management?" Learn more about mySidewalk.
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