The Global Placemaking Network
The global Placemaking network provides an opportunity for global and local organizations and foundations to scale up their projects for collective impact. It represents multiple regions around the world where there are teams of people working on placemaking projects and using them to address local issues. Collecting and connecting them fosters collaborations across cultures and continents for greater impacts. Harnessing their passion and knowledge via the network offers them a chance to also have an impact on major issues such as climate change.
The mission of the Placemaking Alliance is to be a global network of leaders who together accelerate placemaking as a way to create healthy, inclusive, and beloved communities in order to incite a renaissance of community connection in public spaces around the globe. Through online publications, presentations, campaigns, and catalytic projects, we can create transformative impact on communities everywhere. Our work grows out of more than 50 years devoted to building the global placemaking movement. The Placemaking Fund includes the initiatives of Social Life Project along with PlacemakingX .
The Global PlacemakingX Team Meeting November 2023 in Mexico City
Our Network at the Global Placemaking Summit in Mexico City 10/23
Fred Kent
PlacemakingX/Social Life Project Team
SLP Founders and Article Authors Kathy and Fred, Flaneurs of Public Life.
Draft Placemaking Fund and the Global Placemaking Alliance
2025 is our 50th year creating, developing and guiding the Global Placemaking Movement
PlacemakingX
Social Life Project
PPS - Project for Public Spaces
Brookings Center for Transformative Placemaking
"The radical energy of placemaking is that the authority to catalyze change comes not from credentials, but rather from proximity, lived experience, and a deep commitment to place. Placemaking knows no party, but most importantly, placemaking comes from a place of love—a combination of affection and respect that we believe precedes other aspects of expertise or power. Let these insights illuminate the long nights of winter and guide us in continued engagement with the future." Tracy Hadden Loh and Hanna Love - Brookings Metro's Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking
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