2015 Placemaking Conference

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Fiscally Strong Towns – Chuck Marohn

"As I was working as an engineer and planner, I started to ask myself questions about why the projects I was working on didn't seem to make a lot of financial sense. Why are cities that are experiencing robust growth having deep...

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Defining Great Places – Mariela Alfonzo

"I desperately wanted to fix my hometown, Miami. To help create place. I thought if we could only convince people, show them the power of place, its value, that things could change. I just needed to find a way to prove that to...

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Why Place Matters – Wilfred McClay

With increasing globalization and digital technology, it can sometimes seem that the world is becoming placeless. Wilfred McClay describes why a sense of place still matters, and the dangers of ignoring it.

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Placemaking Residency: Chuck Marohn and Tripp Muldrow

We extended the reach of the 2015 IQC Placemaking Conference by sending three conference speakers on the road in Oklahoma during the week of the conference. Gil Penalosa traveled with the IQC to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Chuck Marohn and Tripp Muldrow traveled with the...

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Placemaking Residency: Gil Penalosa

We extended the reach of the 2015 IQC Placemaking Conference by sending three conference speakers on the road in Oklahoma during the week of the conference. Gil Penalosa traveled with the IQC to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Chuck Marohn and Tripp Muldrow traveled with the...

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