PlaceMakes:

PlaceMakes: An initiative that uses small-scale, doable projects that activate our city streets and gets people to experience and engage with public spaces in a new way

Streets are so much more than just getting from point A to point B. Streets have been under utilized for years. Healthy, dynamic public spaces are very important to healthy cities.

‘Placemaking’ is a unique, ‘low-cost, high-impact’ approach to turning public spaces into destination nodes that capitalize on local ingenuity, assets, and inspiration. In 2014, we installed Columbus’ first ‘parklet’—

transforming a single parking space into a public ‘people’ space with art, greenery, seating, and tables. We seek to ambitiously expand in 2016 with more parklets, and also convert a low-traffic street into a pedestrian-public space. Many cities today are reimagining alleys as street markets, art installations, and slivers of nature retreats surrounded by concrete jungles.

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