place is what you

make it

Ecology of Placemaking

Principles of Placemaking

Support Local LeadersIntuition and Connection

Focus On Local AssetsResources and Skills

Value The ProcessDon’t rush to completion

Be Open To Change Amenability enables Inclusion

Start Human ScaleStepping Stones towards Greater Growth

Design For ConnectionMeaningful, Creative, Ecological

Design For Community GrowthParticipation, Education, Celebration

Professionals SupportAs Assistants and Teachers

Community Is InevitableLet it Happen

Community Is The FoundationSupport it, Support Everything

Process of Placemaking

Social Captial

• Meeting• Brainstorming/Planning• Preparing• Implementing• Utilizing/Maintaining

• MeetingGetting to know your neighborsNormsValuesAttitudesBeliefs

• Brainstorming/PlanningMapping your potentialMappingLearningAssociating

• PreparingReaching OutIncrease PotentialBuild RapportGain Support

• ImplementingWorking togetherCelebratingWorkingMaintaining

• Utilizing/MaintainingHaving realized assetsRelationshipsNetworksOrganizations