Advocacy work means a lot of waiting and hoping for a better future. That makes it a lot like Advent (the weeks before Christmas on the Christian calendar). But waiting during Advent isn’t discouraging or boring: It’s hopeful, active and joyful. Here are a few ways to bring that approach to your community, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.
Read MoreJaime Izurieta is an architect, designer and author who focuses on the interaction between users and the built environment. He joins host Tiffany Owens Reed to discuss the importance of designing experiences and how local leaders can make their downtowns more successful.
Read MoreWith the prevalence of online shopping, creating a compelling storefront has never been more necessary for small businesses. Here are six ways you can draw customers in with the design of your storefront.
Read MoreWhen trying to make a space more active and vibrant, many people focus on its individual design elements. The Musicant Group takes a slightly different approach, focusing on building strong relationships between the design elements. Here are six design relationships they recommend fostering.
Read MoreHosting events can be a powerful force for building community and making more productive use of space. The frequency and types of events can impact their effectiveness, so here's how to make the most of them.
Read MoreWhen buildings burn down or fall into disrepair, they can leave gaps in a city, especially if no one wants or is able to rebuild. But that space doesn't need to go to waste. Here's 19 ways you can turn a roofless building or empty lot into a productive community hub.
Read MoreJennifer Krouse is a real estate strategist and the CEO of an architectural publishing house. She joins the podcast today to talk about the ways stock plans make incremental development easier and less risky, the art of placecraft, and the importance of places being productive.
Read MoreOther cities can learn a lot about placemaking from Cincinnati. It's a great example of what to do…and what not to do. Here are some observations from 36 hours spent in the city.
Read MoreSara Joy Proppe is the founder and director of Proximity Project, a consultancy that helps churches discover how they can use placemaking to connect with the local community.
Read MoreAfter 2.5 years of success, officials in Peekskill, NY, are threatening to open this community gathering place back up to motorized traffic—but locals aren’t taking this threat lying down.
Read MoreWhat does and doesn’t work about the “great-granddaddy” of New Urbanism?
Read MoreSome neighborhoods can feel downright hostile, especially to outsiders. But many places have become this way due to inhospitable design, not inhospitable people.
Read MoreThis week, our Neighborhood Storyteller is doing what she can to improve her neighborhood—even if Montana’s weather doesn’t want to cooperate.
Read MoreThis guide will take you through short-term and long-term strategies for downtown and Main Street recovery in the wake (and midst) of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreYou don’t need to reinvent the wheel to create places that aren’t bad—and that should be the first and foremost goal for a city.
Read MoreThis nonprofit has created a template for what a 21st-century, regenerative community could look like; one that asks us what we really want for our future—and means it.
Read MoreIf we’re going to be stuck with strip malls, then this one in Virginia is about as fine-grained and urban as it gets.
Read MoreThis grassroots organization has taken it into their own hands to activate and revitalize their community in Utica, NY.
Read MoreBoth urban and suburban places of worship have opportunities to stir the recovery of social gathering places in our communities. Here’s how.
Read MoreA new toolkit helps neighborhoods measure their adaptive capacity.
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