Transforming Woodward Avenue
First, a brief history lesson. Woodward Avenue, a multi-lane [...]
Sault Ste. Marie Builds Sense of Place Through Creative Partnerships
Recently, a team of League staff members visited the [...]
Michigan Municipal League 2013 Community Excellence Award Entries
The Michigan Municipal League's annual Community Excellence Award showcases [...]
Happy Trails!
My colleague, Liz Shaw and I, decided that at [...]
Placemaking Leadership Council
Last week, a team of staff members from the [...]
Let’s Save Michigan Hosts Twitter Town Hall on Pop Up Placemaking
Crowds flow into one of the temporary businesses [...]
Smaller, Faster, Wider: An Innovative Approach to the People and Politics of Placemaking
It started as an idle thought when Ann Arbor [...]
Crunching the Numbers on Aging in Michigan
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) recently held [...]
West Branch Merchants on Main Street Make-Over: “We Don’t Have 5 or 6 Years to Wait”
A recent visit to West Branch was a great reminder to me that placemaking is never “place made.†It’s an ongoing process as a community continues to evolve.
Global Design Can Inspire Local Solutions
Imagine a natural disaster knocking out your local power and telephone grids. A city in the Republic of Congo has planned ahead for that potential problem, with a system that combines solar-powered street lighting and internet access in a wireless configuration.