Friday, September 19, 2014

Placemaking

How will we as followers of Jesus embrace the neighborhood to make it a better place?

"The market pendulum has swung towards communities that generate a sense of place. Although placemaking is attractive to a broad range of socio-economic groups, young adults, college educated people, and relocating Boomers are particularly drawn to walkable places. Businesses who want to attract talent are looking to communities with a sense of place. Unless communities want to lose the young and the educated, they’d be wise to invest in ways that enhance, rather than detract from, a sense of place. That goes for cities, suburbs, and towns of all sizes."

“Placemaking is the process of creating quality places that people want to live, work, play, and learn in.”

Read more about PLACEMAKING here:
http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/blogs

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