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Arts as Proven Economic Driver in Placemaking
n.d.by: Neil TakemotoThis blog post provides multiple examples of how creative placemaking can contribute to economic growth. -
Agenda Spotlight: Creative Placemaking
September 2016This blog post focuses on how creative placemaking can develop active public places by incorporating public art. -
Creative Placemaking and the Politics of Belonging and Dis-Belonging
2012by: Roberto BedoyaThis blog post discusses the intersection between creative placemaking and social justice. -
Fuzzy Concepts, Proxy Data: Why Indicators Won't Track Creative Placemaking Success
2012by: Ann MarkusenThis blog post discusses the importance of supportive evaluative systems in creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking Has an Outcomes Problem
June 2014by: Ian MossThis blog post proposes that there are gaps in measuring outcomes related to creative placemaking projects. -
Creative Placemaking: What it is and Why It’s Important for Communities
October 2014by: Aidan Flax-ClarkThis blog post examines the history of creative placemaking. -
How Art, Culture, and Community Drove Transit Oriented Development in Santa Fe
September 2011by: Michael SemanThis blog post discusses the history of creative placemaking at The Railyards, a transit oriented development in Santa Fe, NM, that supports several arts and culture initiatives -
How Design Thinking Transformed a Neighborhood’s Creative Placemaking Strategy
April 2017by: Sarah Corlett, Caitlin BehleThis blog post explores how creative placemaking keeps resident perspectives at the forefront of creative placemaking strategies. -
The Question All Creative Placemakers Should Ask
2012by: Neeraj MehtaThis blog post explores the relationship between creative placemaking and equity. -
Creative Placemaking (NEA)
n.d.This web page introduces concepts and provides resources related to creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking Toolkit
n.d.This web page contains multiple resources related to creative placemaking.Indiana -
Asian Arts Initiative
n.d.This web page provides various examples of creative placemaking through the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia.Philadelphia city, PA -
Cultural Renewals: The Power of Creative Placemaking
October 2014This video discusses impacts, challenges and benefits of creative placemaking in communities. -
Fundamentals of Arts Management
2016by: Tom BorrupA chapter of this book, titled “Creative Placemaking: Arts and Culture as a Partner in Community Revitalization”, focuses on key principles, best practices, and challenges related to creative placemaking. -
Creativity and Neighborhood Development Strategies for Community Investment
December 2007by: Jeremy NowakThis report explores the relationship between the arts and neighborhood development. -
A Vibrant Transformation: Cities and States Take Creative Placemaking to New Heights
NEA Arts Magazine, Number 3, 2012by: Michael GallantThis article identifies creative placemaking as a strategy to activate communities. -
Our Town: Supporting the Arts in Communities Across America
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Jane Chu, Jason SchupbachThis article presents information on projects funded through the Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an agency that supports arts-based community development. -
Creative Placemaking: How to Do It Well
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Ann Markusen, Anne NicodemusThis article focuses on strategies to engage in quality creative placemaking initiatives. -
Arts and Culture in Detroit: Central to Our Past and Our Future
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Rip RapsonThis article discusses how Detroit has supported the city's cultural ecology, including the use of creative placemaking to create more vibrant places.Detroit city, MI -
Creative Placemaking in Community Planning and Development: An Introduction to ArtPlace America
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Jamie BennettThis article introduces creative placemaking using historic context and provides examples of projects that exemplify how creative placemaking can impact a community. -
Arts for the City: Community Arts and Affordability Innovations in San Francisco
Community Development Investment Review, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2014by: Edwin Lee, Tom DeCaignyThis article explores public and private partnerships in San Francisco that promote creative placemaking and equitable urban development.San Francisco, CA -
Boston, MA, MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region
May 2008The region's comprehensive plan includes a goal to increase connections between arts and cultural resources and people in the Boston region.Boston, MA -
Denver, CO, Imagine 2020: Denver’s Cultural Plan
2014The city’s functional plan provides strategies to support arts, culture, and creativity and incorporates creative placemaking strategies to encourage community vibrancy.Denver, CO -
Glendale, CA, Arts & Cultural Plan 2013-2018
2013This functional plan encourages creative placemaking through a series of goals and strategies related to arts and culture.Glendale, CA -
Creating Change through Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development: A Policy and Practice Primer
March 2017by: Kalima Rose, Milly Daniel, Jeremy LiuThis report highlights the importance of connecting equitable development and community-centered arts and culture to build inclusive communities. -
Orange County, FL, Public Art Program Guidelines
2006This guide discusses a public art fund available to assist artists in Orange County, Florida, who engage in creative placemaking. -
Supporting Culture-Based Place Making with NEA Grants
November 2013by: Leslie BraunsteinThis blog post highlights a variety of creative placemaking projects funded through NEA Grants. -
Creative Place Making: Turning Urban Open Space into a Cultural Asset
November 2015by: Camilla McLaughlinThis blog post summarizes key points from a panel conversation focused on urban open spaces and creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking’s Positive Impact on Community Development
May 2016by: Michael HobanThis blog post discusses how creative placemaking can engage community residents through arts and culture activities. -
Growing Value through Creative Placemaking
October 2016by: Juanita HardyThis blog post showcases how creative placemaking can shape development projects. -
Bloomington, MN, A Plan for Creative Placemaking in the South Loop
Adopted July 2015This subarea plan contains background information on the creative placemaking process in Bloomington and a more traditional plan component that highlights how creative placemaking can strengthen the area. -
Chicago, IL, Chicago Cultural Plan
October 2012This functional plan identifies arts and culture as a key element in supporting quality of life in Chicago and employs creative placemaking strategies to meet goals. -
Austin, TX, Create Austin Cultural Master Plan
2009This functional plan recognizes the importance of supporting artistic and cultural vibrancy and presents goal related to creative placemaking. -
Laguna Beach, CA, Cultural Plan 2016
2016The city's functional plan promotes artistic vitality through creative placemaking in Laguna Beach. -
Salt Lake City, UT, Cultural Core Action Plan
2016This subarea plan highlights the importance of creative placemaking in supporting an active Cultural Core in Salt Lake City. -
Providence, RI, Transportation Corridors to Livable Communities Creative Community Development and Placemaking Strategies
November 2012by: Craig Dreeszen, Tom Borrup, Stephanie FortunatoThis functional plan provides recommendations to engage in arts and culture strategies to improve livability along five transit corridors. -
Providence, RI, Creative Providence
June 2009The city’s creativity functional plan identifies goals related to expand support for arts and culture initiatives and encourage Providence to grow its creative center. -
Minneapolis, MN, The Minneapolis Creative City Road Map
Adopted October 2016The city's functional plan explores how to integrate arts and culture in creating a vibrant city. -
Los Alamos, NM, Creative District Plan
Revised April 2012This subarea plan uses creative placemaking to promote place-based community economic development that incorporates arts and culture. -
Colorado Creative Districts Statute
Colorado Revised Statutes. § 24-48.5-314 – 315, amended 2018Colorado’s revised statutes enable local governments to designate creative districts, which are defined as a hub for cultural facilities, creative industries, or arts-related businesses. -
Connecticut Neighborhood Revitalization Zones Statutes
General Statutes §7-600, Amended 2006Connecticut’s general code supports arts activities through neighborhood revitalization plans and economic and community development provisions. -
Maryland Economic Development Code
Annotated Code of Maryland, § 4-701 - §4-801, 2017Maryland’s economic development code establishes arts and entertainment districts and a special fund for preservation of cultural arts in the state. -
New Mexico Arts and Cultural Districts Act
New Mexico Statutes Annotated §15-5A, Amended 2007New Mexico’s Arts and Cultural Districts Act supports creative placemaking by enabling state and municipally authorized arts and cultural districts. -
South Carolina Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts Statute
South Carolina Code of Laws §60-15, 2014South Carolina’s libraries, archives, museums, and arts statutes enable the arts commission to designate cultural districts that support creative placemaking. -
Glendale, CA, Municipal Code
2016The city's municipal code establishes an urban art fund that encourages creative placemaking, establishes a design review process, addresses wireless telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way. -
Southfield, MI, Code of Ordinances
2017The city’s administrative code creates a public arts commission to engage in creative placemaking by including arts in public spaces. -
Creative Placemaking: Connecting Community Development and the Arts
February 2015This collection of videos discusses various elements of successful creative placemaking. -
Placemaking and Cleveland with National Endowment for the Arts
Arts and Culture Roundtable, July, 2013This recorded presentation discusses the relationship between creative economy and creative placemaking. -
Defining Creative Placemaking: A Talk with Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa Nicodemus
NEA Arts Magazine, Issue 2012, Number 3, 2012by: Jason SchupbachThis article discusses changes in creative placemaking since the release of the white paper titled "Creative Placemaking." -
When Artists Break Ground: Lessons from a Cleveland Neighborhood Partnership
2014This report focuses on how collaboration between multiple community leaders and artists led to creative placemaking in Collinswood, a community in Cleveland.