Rethinking the City

10/11/2024

Participatory budgeting and co-design brought a multisensory play space to Harlem’s Polo Grounds.

06/23/2024

I was interviewed about monuments for History Colorado: Lost Highway Podcast. All the guests were contributors from the edited volume Controversial Monuments & Memorials (2018, 2nd edition 2023). Give it a listen! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1f6XQl5FizYaAZuhHA3pPC?si=p1hcTM85SrqEq7eu-_cBpg

Listen to this episode from Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains on Spotify. Since the racial justice protests of 2020, when most people think of monuments being torn down, they think of confederate statues in the south being toppled from their pedestals. But a Civil War...

05/01/2024

In case you missed it, the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed Eatonville as "America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places" today. This announcement brings further attention to the important work of preserving the community has been an ongoing project for so many folks in Central Florida and beyond. Having worked with the Association to Preserve Eatonville Community (PEC) for several years, I know this moment is meaningful.

You can help save the irreplaceable historic buildings, monuments, communities and landscapes that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has designated National Treasures.

02/14/2023

The League of American Bicyclists (Website), which is not a superhero team, has recently recognized the City of Orlando with a Gold Bicycle Friendly Business award. The City of Orlando […]

02/08/2023

United Arts names 2023 Diversity in the Arts recipients

(Photo from United Arts’ Facebook) ORLANDO | United Arts of Central Florida announced Jan. 24 that it has awarded $100,000 worth of grants to 15 local organizations with five applicants receiving two years worth of funding. The grants were provided through the organization’s 2023 Diversity in th...

12/23/2022

Rethinking the City founder Pat Greene is the new Public Art Coordinator for the City of Orlando

We told you HERE about a job opening for the City of Orlando’s Public Art Coordinator position and it looks like they’ve found an OG art dude to take the […]

10/20/2022

Join the Central Florida Foundation for a discussion on Environment & Sustainability in our region.

09/02/2022

Several of our past presenters were engaged in efforts using "Asset-Based Community Development." Learn more about "ABCD":

ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - CONNECTING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD’S ASSETS

04/06/2020

$5 million generated from the soda tax was quickly deployed to provide much-needed assistance.