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Music Policy and Planning
PAS QuickNotes 102Cities are commissioning music audits and creating policies that start with music in mind so it can be a stronger force for economic, social, and cultural development. -
Public Art and Planning
PAS QuickNotes 77by: Jennifer Henaghan, AICPThis edition of PAS QuickNotes introduces public art as a tool for placemaking and community engagement.List price$10.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
Community Development Tools for Creative Placemaking
This collection of videos explores a variety of topics related to creative placemaking and community development. -
The Scenic Route: Case Studies
These case studies explore arts and transportation collaboration. Case studies can be sorted by transportation mode, approach or location. -
Municipal Artist Partnerships
This toolkit covers how to begin a municipal arts partnership, including planning a project, selecting an artist, budgeting and how to evaluate impact. -
Arts and Planning Toolkit
This toolkit includes strategies to help planners push forward arts and culture as a seed for, and a key component of, community development. -
Cultural Programming
This case study highlights the benefits of creative placemaking and cultural programming, and presents a case study in New Bedford, MA. -
Creative Placemaking Toolkit for Counties
This clearinghouse provides resources for counties interested in creative placemaking. -
Creative Placemaking
PAS Memo — November-December 2016by: Leonardo Vazquez, AICP November 01, 2016The November/December 2016 issue of PAS Memo defines creative placemaking and provides planners with a primer on the principles and processes of this emerging field in which arts and culture shapes places and communities.List Price$10.00APA members & PAS subscribers$0.00 -
Mural Festival Advances Creative Placemaking
Uncovering JAPA: Explore a successful model of creative placemaking using murals to engage the community from Springfield, Massachusetts. -
Planning for Music Can Help Transform American Cities
From live shows to recording studios, music is an economic multiplier.February 01, 2019Pop culture, particularly in the form of music and musicians, is impacting the development of cities. -
The Art of Public Engagement
Planners and communities get creative with the planning process.December 01, 2018Art means different things to different people, which is just one of the reasons why public art is so effective at engaging community members of all backgrounds in the planning process. -
Placemaking on a Budget
PAS Report 536by: Al Zelinka, FAICP, Susan Harden, FAICPPublic spaces are struggling in many communities. This PAS Report offers help for planners who need to create distinctive public spaces that enhance community identity and social connections — without breaking the bank.List Price$25.00APA member & PAS subscriber$0.00 -
How Arts and Cultural Strategies Enhance Community Engagement and Participation
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers 4by: Kelly Beavers, Kimberley Hodgson March 01, 2011Community engagement is the process of public participation and involvement that promotes relationship building through learning, action, and the expression of needs and values. Community engagement can bring vibrancy and innovation to planning practice by strengthening the degree of public commitment to planning processes and making more perspectives available to decision makers. -
How the Arts and Cultural Sector Strengthen Cultural Values and Preserve Heritage and History
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers 2by: Kimberley Hodgson, Kelly Beavers March 01, 2011One sign of a healthy community is its simultaneous ability to preserve and invent its culture — that is, to conserve its history and heritage while developing new expressions for current times. -
How Arts and Cultural Strategies Create, Reinforce, and Enhance Sense of Place
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers 3by: Jeffrey Soule, FAICP, Kimberley Hodgson, Kelly Beavers March 01, 2011Arts and culture strategies help to reveal and enhance the underlying identity — the unique meaning, value, and character — of the physical and social form of a community. This identity is reflected through the community's character or sense of place. -
The Role of the Arts and Culture in Planning Practice
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers 1by: Kimberley Hodgson, Kelly Beavers March 01, 2011This paper provides planners and policy makers with comprehensive definitions, an overview of the arts and culture field, and a framework for how the field’s strategies can enhance and inform planning practice. -
How the Arts and Culture Sector Catalyzes Economic Vitality
Arts and Culture Briefing Papers 5by: Mary Dwyer, Kelly Beavers, Kimberley Hodgson March 01, 2011Terms such as "creative economy," "creative class," and "cultural economy" are becoming more common among urban planners, arts administrators, economic developers, and business and municipal leaders. Whatever label is used, this use of terminology linking culture and the economy indicates recognition of the connections among the fields of planning, economic development, and arts and culture. -
Arts, Culture & Creativity
As part of a collaborative project, APA has developed a series of briefing papers to illustrate how planners use arts and culture strategies to achieve economic, social, environmental, and community goals. -
No Place Like It
The cultural industry in New Orleans accounted for 14 percent of total employment in 2016.
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