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During the coronavirus pandemic, public markets have provided an economic lifeline for local producers, and a place to access
healthy food and social connections for residents, and yet at the same time, their ability to continue operating is also threatened by policies, programs, and planning that did not take them into account.
Unfortunately, these threats are nothing new to public markets. But a handful of Market Cities around the world have demonstrated an alternative: developing a citywide or regional strategy that
enhances the financial health and community benefits of public market systems.
By researching and collaborating with partners in these cutting-edge communities, Project for Public Spaces has developed seven principles that can help your community become a Market City, too. Read
more.
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Events & Opportunities
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Our next Walk/Bike/Places conference will take place in Spring 2021 as a hybrid event in Indianapolis, Indiana, and we want
you to be part of the program!
The conference theme this year will be all about the Route to Recovery—not only from the pandemic, but from the many other inequities and challenges that ail our communities. Sessions can be
virtual or in-person, and formats include workshops, panels, short talks, and poster sessions. Session proposals are due by December 9, 2020. Learn
more.
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More Events & Opportunities
Nov. 12 • Webinar: Learn
the First Steps of Placemaking, Sotonoba (Japan), with Project for Public Spaces’
Priti Patel
Nov. 16 • Call for Proposals:
EDRA52: Just Environments, Environmental Design Research Association
Nov. 25 • Request for Nominations: Freeways
Without Futures, Congress for the New Urbanism
Nov. 25 • Webinar:
Deepening the conservation conversation: Exploring the connection between biodiversity, wellbeing and inclusion, Park People
Webinar Recording:
Urban Manifesto: Public Markets, The Urban Vision, featuring
Steve Davies, co-founder of Project for Public Spaces and a partner of the Market Cities Initiative
Webinar Recording:
How public markets can pump life into regional food economies and
forge social cohesion? UN-Habitat, featuring Project for Public Spaces’
Kelly Verel
Webinar Recording:
Evaluating public space quality to help unlock great places, New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, featuring Project for Public Spaces’
Nidhi Gulati
Webinar Recording:
Downtown Rebound: Forecast, Opportunities, and Best Practices for the 2020 Holiday Shopping Season, ULI Northwest Arkansas, featuring Project for Public Spaces’
Kelly Verel
Missed any of our past virtual events on placemaking and public space? Watch
the videos on our Events page.
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Public Space News
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A Federal Agenda for Active Transportation: Project for
Public Spaces is proud to sign on to the Rails to Trails Conservancy's call for the next U.S. administration to make a transformational investment in connected active transportation infrastructure to sustain and grow the pandemic boom in bicycling, walking,
and trail use; create good jobs; and meet mobility needs of underserved communities and historically disinvested populations, including Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), low-income communities, people with disabilities, and those who do not drive.
We hope you'll join us (Rails to Trails Conservancy)!
The Election Beyond the Presidency: Selecting the next
U.S. president wasn’t the only high-stakes decision in this year’s election. County and state referendums this election year included spending and policy questions on drugs, abortion, taxes and transportation (CityLab).
A Great American Main Street: Tupelo, Mississippi is
one of three winners of the 2020 Great American Main Street Award. In 2017, Project for Public Spaces, and the National Main Street Center worked with local partners to complete a $14 million placemaking and streetscape project, connecting the downtown to
the birthplace of Elvis Presley and the Fairpark District (Mississippi Business Journal).
Small City Comeback, Interrupted: As the pandemic takes
a toll on local businesses, Troy, New York, is trying to hold on to its hard-won economic gains—and plan for a more equitable future. Troy’s experience highlights the predicament of small cities all over the country (CityLab).
The Costs of Favoring Innovation Over Care: For all the
emphasis on world-changing advances, the fact remains that most city governments lack even 1990s-level technology. It doesn't have to be that way. Is innovation really making cities better (City
Monitor)?
Parks as Critical Urban Infrastructure: More people are
changing how they use green and open spaces in New York during COVID-19, but researchers from the Urban Systems Lab found the perception of access to these spaces remains unequal, and reduction in funding further compromises the ability of parks managers and
city officials to manage these significant shifts in use (The Nature of Cities).
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Placemaking Playbook
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Here's a roundup of 10 inspiring placemaking ideas from the week:
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The Toronto carpenter building insulated, mobile shelters for homeless people this winter—without the City’s consent (CBC)
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A radically car-free neighborhood in the capital of sprawl (New
York Times)
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The startup attracting funding to support the 15-minute city through neighborhood hubs (Smart
Cities Dive)
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The case for creating more memorials of slavery by David Adjaye (Dezeen)
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A vision for treating the internet like a series of public spaces (Wired)
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The protest-friendly street grid of Portland, OR (OPB)
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The power of sharing a meal (Strong
Towns)
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The vending machines that can save a life in Chicago (Next
City)
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Nine reasons to eliminate jaywalking laws now (CityLab)
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A question of ethics: Should you ask before you take someone’s photograph in a public space (The
Star)?
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