June 2014 - Placemaking MML

June 26, 2014

Making Place in Downtown Berkley

Berkley Art Bash attendees take a break on patio furniture rented by the placemaking committee. Kids share their ideas of what they'd like to see in the space. As part of the League's placemaking work, we recently partnered with the…

June 18, 2014

Detroit climbing up rankings in new evaluation of walkable urban places

This week, the LOCUS coalition of real estate professionals released "Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America's Largest Metros" at their Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. The report continues to track the sea change of residential market demand and…

June 13, 2014

Public Art Project Inspires, Energizes St. Joseph

Susan Solon beams with pride as she thumbs through a family photo album on her desk at St. Joseph City Hall. And it's not even her family. It's a photo album that the Belz family of Kalamazoo gave Solon, St.…

June 13, 2014

Congress for New Urbanism

Last week I attended Congress for New Urbanism's conference in Buffalo, NY and had a wonderful time learning about ideas, projects, and research on new urbanism and placemaking. Here are a few highlights from my favorite presentations: Jeff Speck: New…

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