30 May 2013

Placemaking and the Soul of the Community

Check out the Placemaking blog, part of the Project for Public Spaces, for some great insight and information on sustainable communities and "placemaking" leadership resources.

In one post, Dr. Katherin Loflin writes about "Learning from Knight's 'Soul of the Community,' Leaning toward the Future of Placemaking." Here, Loflin discusses, among other things like GDP growth, etc., the "softer side" of what facilitates place attachment, including aesthetics, social happenings, friendliness, optimism.

Other results can be found at the Knight Foundation's Soul of the Community study.

I found out about this where I find out about most things these days: Twitter. To be specific, a post by Tim Soerens tipped me off to these great resources.You can find me, too, tweeting at @JTspartz.

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