Find out about organizations are part of the Funders Forum, organized by the Project for Public Spaces, which is a program of the Placemaking Leadership Council.
Written by Sarah Lapsley, Vick Chair, Young Professionals Network (YPN) Committee, Cape Cod and Islands Association of REALTORS® (CCIAOR). As a dog owner and Cape Cod resident, I was very happy that CCIAOR and the Young Professionals Network (YPN)...
It appears the new trend is letting things go to the dogs. Dog parks are popping up all over and they are more than a just a place to walk a dog. They are also a place to make new friends, socialize, meet neighbors and spruce up a neighborhood...
In the previous post, we saw that real estate developers are supportive of and seeing the value of placemaking in creating community, and to their bottom line, by making sure open spaces are included in multi-family and mixed use development...
Placemaking means different things to different people and organizations. There really doesn’t seem to be a consensus or a common definition of it. As for me, Placemaking is one of those things where when I see it, I know it’s placemaking as it...
Just about everyone is becoming involved in placemaking projects including folks in the land use and real estate development arena. And to showcase some of these amazing projects, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) created the Urban Open Space...
The Bronx-Manhattan North Association of REALTORS® used NAR’s Placemaking Grant to design and paint a mural as part of a new pedestrian plaza project.
Many of our REALTOR® Associations have received NAR's Placemaking Micro-grant to help fund the creation of a vibrant public place in their community. Perhaps these places have now become a favorite place to go. If so, get it on the list of...
We get many Placemaking Micro-grant applications for community gardens. We do consider community gardens to be a placemaking project assuming that they will be multi-functional gardens so that the whole community can have a place to gather and...