Title: Creative Placemaking
Headings: Creative Placemaking
Knowledgebase Collection
Creative Placemaking
APA Resources
Measuring Outcomes of Creative Placemaking
Creative Placemaking and Equity
Creative Placemaking and Community Goals
Background Resources
Best Practices for Creative Placemaking
Breaking Down Creative Placemaking
Creative Placemaking White Paper (NEA)
Creative Placemaking: How to Do It Well
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creative Placemaking
Fundamentals of Arts Management
How to Do Creative Placemaking
What is “Creative Placemaking”?
Articles
A Vibrant Transformation: Cities and States Take Creative Placemaking to New Heights
Arts and Culture in Detroit: Central to Our Past and Our Future
Arts for the City: Community Arts and Affordability Innovations in San Francisco
Assessing a Set of Indicators for Creative Placemaking: Reflections from the Field
Best Practices for Creative Placemaking
Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces
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Reports
A Place for Placemaking in San Diego
Advancing One Water Through Arts and Culture: A Blueprint for Action
Arts, Culture and Community Outcomes
Arts, Culture and Transportation: A Creative Placemaking Field Scan
Bridging Policy and Placemaking to Activate Vacant Properties: Exploring Barriers and Potential in Minneapolis
Bridging Policy and Placemaking to Activate Vacant Properties: Exploring Barriers and Potential in St. Paul
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Guides
Arts and Culture Planning: A Toolkit for Communities
Field Guide for Creative Placemaking and Parks
Guide for Business Districts to Work with Local Artists
How to Do Creative Placemaking
Made with Love: Recipes for Community Change
Music Cities Resilience Handbook
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Fact Sheets
Breaking Down Creative Placemaking
Implementing Creative Placemaking in Real Estate
Principles of Creative Placemaking
What is “Creative Placemaking”?
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Blog Posts
Agenda Spotlight: Creative Placemaking
Arts as Proven Economic Driver in Placemaking
Can Creative Placemaking Be Used as a Tool to Build Community Resilience?
Creative Communities and Arts-Based Placemaking
Creative Place Making: Turning Urban Open Space into a Cultural Asset
Creative Placemaking Has an Outcomes Problem
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Comprehensive Plans
ARC, GA, The Atlanta Region’s Plan
Austin, TX, Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan
Boston, MA, MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region
Cleveland, OH, Connecting Cleveland 2020 Citywide Plan
Nashville-Davidson County, TN, Nashville Next Comprehensive Plan
RPA, The Fourth Regional Plan
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Functional Plans and SUbarea Plans
Austin, TX, Create Austin Cultural Master Plan
Denver, CO, Imagine 2020: Denver’s Cultural Plan
Detroit, MI, A Placemaking Vision for Downtown Detroit
Glendale, CA, Arts & Cultural Plan 2013-2018
Bloomington, MN, A Plan for Creative Placemaking in the South Loop
Los Alamos, NM, Creative District Plan
Salt Lake City, UT, Cultural Core Action Plan
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Statutes
Colorado Creative Districts Statute
Connecticut Neighborhood Revitalization Zones Statutes
Maryland Economic Development Code
New Mexico Arts and Cultural Districts Act
South Carolina Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts Statute
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Regulations
Bloomington, MN, Code of Ordinances
Cleveland, OH, Code of Ordinances
Glendale, CA, Municipal Code
Madison, WI, Code of Ordinances
Saint Paul, MN, Code of Ordinances
San Francisco, CA, Muncipal Code
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Online Trainings
Community Development Tools for Creative Placemaking
Creative Placemaking Case Studies for Community Developers
Creative Placemaking Ohio
Creative Placemaking: Connecting Community Development and the Arts
Creative Placemaking: More than Murals
Creative Placemaking: Working Through Conflicting Priorities
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Web Pages
Art in Transit Program (BART)
ArtPlace America
Asian Arts Initiative
Creative Placemaking (Artscape)
Creative Placemaking (LISC)
Creative Placemaking (NEA)
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Content: Read more
When Arts and Culture Take Center Stage
This Planning article discusses the importance of art and culture in redevelopment initiatives. Read more
The Power of Story
This Planning article highlights storytelling as a creative placemaking strategy. Read more
Putting the Funk in Functional
This Planning article explores how residents of Houston use creative placemaking to make their neighborhoods more interesting places to live. Read more
A New Planning Partnership Brings Art to Public Spaces
This blog post discusses efforts by Forecast Public Art and the APA to increase knowledge of how to use public art in planning practice. Read more
Catalyzing Livable Communities with Cultural Planning
This blog post highlights the importance of cultural planning and shares links to examples of cultural plans. Read more
Public Art and Public Health Come Together in Minnesota
This blog post discusses how five Minnesota cities have used public art interventions to try to improve the physical health of citizens, economic prosperity, community well-being, social cohesion, livability, and a healthy environment. Read more
Planning for Music Can Help Transform American Cities
This Planning article considers how music has impacted the development of cities and shares 7 strategies for a strong music scene. Read more
No Place Like It
This Planning article describes the importance of arts and culture on planning New Orleans. Read more
Measuring Outcomes of Creative Placemaking
Measuring outcomes is a challenge that has been identified by creative placemaking practitioners. Creative placemaking strategies can have a wide range of spatial and social impacts, which can have different impacts on different communities.