"We were stunned to see the impact that something as simple as a bench could have on the rhythm of life in our neighborhood," www.sociallifeproject.org/reciprocal-g...

Reciprocal Gestures and Improvisation: How One Small Placemaking Act Can Precipitate Great Places

One placemaking act can make a difference by becoming catalytic and spreading its impact down the block through the power of reciprocal gestures and improvisation.

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The amazing POWER OF 10! It can be simple & powerful tool to create better communities, by Fred Kent, Tayana Panova. Decades ago I learned from Fred that each city should have 10+ major destinations, and each 10+ places, and each 10+ things to do... Read: bit.ly/4xfkDLL

Unpacking this quote by our Fred Kent: www.sociallifeproject.org/streets_as_p... @placemakingx.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social

Streets as Places to Come Together: The Next Evolution for the Transportation Revolution

Making our streets and sidewalks active, inclusive and fun means shifting our focus to the social life of our communities and making community-led improvisation a priority

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Remember, if you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan cities for people and places, you get people and places. Via Fred Kent & @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

Unpacking this famous quote by our Fred Kent: www.sociallifeproject.org/streets_as_p... @placemakingx.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social

Streets as Places to Come Together: The Next Evolution for the Transportation Revolution

Making our streets and sidewalks active, inclusive and fun means shifting our focus to the social life of our communities and making community-led improvisation a priority

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Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Remember, if you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan cities for people and places, you get people and places. Via Fred Kent & @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

Before founding Social Life Project & @placemakingx.bsky.social in 2018, Fred Kent founded @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social in 1975, & led it for 43 years, developing & applying placemaking principles & tools. The Power 10 shows us how cities can be transformed through clustering of small activities.

Turning the shaping of communities & cities upside-down to start with the social life of public spaces is what we're all about! Our Fred Kent developed the Power of 10 #Placemaking concept to apply this idea at all scales: www.sociallifeproject.org/the-power-of...

Inspiring to be sharing and learning with an extraordinary community of luminaries. Like @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @majoracarter.bsky.social @regenhes.bsky.social and many more.

PlacemakingX@placemakingx.bsky.social · 4w ago

Join us for a discussion on #RegenerativePlacemaking at the #GenerationRegenerationSummit - a free, virtual summit hosted by Tony Cho and Future of Cities: generationregenerationsummit.com/live/ With @ethankent.bsky.social @majoracarter.bsky.social @regenhes.bsky.social and many more!

Join us for a discussion on #RegenerativePlacemaking at the #GenerationRegenerationSummit - a free, virtual summit hosted by Tony Cho and Future of Cities: generationregenerationsummit.com/live/ With @ethankent.bsky.social @majoracarter.bsky.social @regenhes.bsky.social and many more!

Generation Regeneration Online Global Summit

Join the world's top regenerative leaders, urban innovators, and community builders for a free 3-day summit designed to help you reconnect with yourself, your place, and your people.

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“Leading with #lovability and #placeattachment actually helps achieve livability more quickly, more affordably, and more inclusively." #Placemaking

Ethan Kent@ethankent.bsky.social · 4w ago

"We're creating houses and spaces, rather than homes and places. It's a mechanistic worldview instead of a human one." From my conversation with Shawn Duncan on his podcast Places People Change about #PlaceAttachement: places-people-change.ghost.io/belonging-as... #Placemaking

"We're creating houses and spaces, rather than homes and places. It's a mechanistic worldview instead of a human one." From my conversation with Shawn Duncan on his podcast Places People Change about #PlaceAttachement: places-people-change.ghost.io/belonging-as... #Placemaking

Belonging as Sense of Place: An Introduction to Placemaking

Places People Change explores neighborhood belonging through three lenses: social cohesion (our trust in neighbors), collective efficacy (our belief that we can shape our future together), and sense o...

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How Small Buildings Can Seed Vitality in Public Places www.sociallifeproject.org/small-buildi... by Fred Kent and @drtpanova.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social

-Helping to lead a PlacemakingUS network building session on the 26th at 1:30PM with Ryan Smolar, Kady Yellow and Krista Nightengale. @betterblock.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social #PlacemakingUS #PlacemakingMichigan #PlacemakingDetroit

-Launching our global agenda on #PlaceLedDevelopment on Friday the 26th at 10:45AM with @ethankent.bsky.social, Steve Davies, Alana Mercury and @philmyrick.bsky.social.

Some of the #PlacemakingWeek events we’re participating in include: -Launching a book on Place and Placemaking on Tuesday at 5:30 with Wayne State Welcome Center with Conrad Kickert(free registration): www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Book launch for "Place and Placemaking" - Detroit Placemaking Week

Join us in Detroit to celebrate the launch of the new book "Place and Placemaking" with Ethan Kent, Conrad Kickert and Robert G. Shibley.

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Headed to Detroit for #PlacemakingWeek! The city that launched the global #Placemaking movement with its many transformative projects, and by hosting our first international placemaking conference back in 2013. Thanks to @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social for hosting again!

PlacemakingX@placemakingx.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re participating in @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social’s #PlacemakingWeek this week in Detroit, the city from which we first launched the global #placemaking movement, and our network building approach, back in 2013(while we were leading PPS).

Reciprocal Gestures and Improvisation: How One Small Placemaking Act Can Precipitate Great Places www.sociallifeproject.org/reciprocal-g... by Fred Kent and @drtpanova.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

Reciprocal Gestures and Improvisation: How One Small Placemaking Act Can Precipitate Great Places

One placemaking act can make a difference by becoming catalytic and spreading its impact down the block through the power of reciprocal gestures and improvisation.

sociallifeproject.org

As we celebrate the one-year mark since we co-hosted the Global Placemaking Summit, the Placemaking Canada Steering Committee is excited to share our updated mission and values! Please read on...

5. Connected We undertake our work from a place of love and care, which links us, the land and the communities we serve, and which endeavors to create hope, joy and belonging.

Placemaking Canada was formed to connect public space advocates across the country. For 10 years we’ve convened gatherings, championed initiatives and empowered placemakers. As we enter our next decade, public space even more important. We look forward to you being part of our next chapter.

If you're looking for the next big IPO after SpaceX, I offer you PlaceX! Invest in place, as a hedge against us all going to space. Some investing in space opens up an opportunity for these rest of us to invest in place - while drawing to space that which no longer supports place.

Let’s celebrate! It’s been a year since Placemaking Canada co-hosted the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit in Toronto with @placemakingx.bsky.social What a time it was - over four days we brought together over 320 participants representing over 20 countries in 8 unforgettable venues across the City.

Walkability through Placemaking! Now available for to watch for free, webinar from Urban Land Institute & @americawalks.bsky.social, hosted by @mikemcginn.bsky.social, with talks by Carol Coletta & our @ethankent.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=frIz... @sociallifeproject.bsky.social

More Than a Sidewalk: How Great Places Encourage Walking

YouTube video by America Walks

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The Tragedy and Triumph of Place: Building from the Global Movement for Public Space and Placemaking www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... My latest article, with Conrad Kickert, appears in the just released book on Place and Placemaking.

The Tragedy and Triumph of Place: | 16 | Building From the Global Move

Our civilization is fundamentally built up from our shared spaces. Yet in recent decades, the demise of our public spaces is at the root of several societal

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PlacemakingX@placemakingx.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New book: Place and Placemaking Public launch during #PlacemakingWeek, in Detroit, June 23 at 5.30pm. Our @ethankent.bsky.social, who features among more than a dozen thought leaders who have contributed, will speak w/ editors Conrad Kickert & Robert Shibley: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Podcast with @idealspaces.bsky.social and our @ethankent.bsky.social the where the #placemaking movement is at, and where it is going next: www.idealspaces.org/podcasts/com...

Ideal Spaces | Community Building – Ethan Kent PlacemakingX

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Place and Placemaking is now available open access, with free download of the book and independent chapters: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Place and Placemaking | Conrad Kickert, Camden Miller, Robert Shibley

This book focuses on the importance of place and the multifaceted process of placemaking to the creation of durable and meaningful urban environments. It

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New book: Place and Placemaking Public launch during #PlacemakingWeek, in Detroit, June 23 at 5.30pm. Our @ethankent.bsky.social, who features among more than a dozen thought leaders who have contributed, will speak w/ editors Conrad Kickert & Robert Shibley: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Exploring the role of place activation in creative urban renewal with global placemaking expert, Ethan Kent www.fbideas.org/news/explori... @unsungsongs.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social #PlacemakingVic #PlacemakingMelbourne #PlacemakingAus

Exploring the role of place activation in creative urban renewal with global placemaking expert, Ethan Kent — FB IDEAs

Last week we hosted a special event with global placemaking expert Ethan Kent, from Placemaking X, to showcase the role of place activation in accelerating urban renewal and economic growth.

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Let's shift the development paradigm from #Placetaking to #Placemaking through #PlaceLedDevelopment and #PlaceCapitalism. We've loved learning from, and supporting, the #PlacemakingAotearoa and #PlacemakingAuckland conversations and communities.

Australia’s #RegenerativePlacemaking Masterclass tour, led by Gilbert Rochecouste of Village Well and @ethankent.bsky.social of PlacemakingX, kicked off in Brisbane. #PlacemakingBrisbane #PlacemakingAus