In Jacksonville and beyond, public space is becoming the engine for civic connection. In the discourse of modern cities, we often talk about “energy” as a metaphor for economic momentum, cultural assets, or nightlife options. But there’s another kind of energy — harder to quantify, easier to feel — that pulses at the heart of a healthy city: civic energy . Food Truck Rally at Liberty Point led by Berkman Residents to address being in a food desert Civic energy is not the pro

Thrilled to share  that I’ve been accepted into the Spring 2025 cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows Program , a...

I have mostly ignored you since our break up in 2015. I am ready to write; left you with little to no warning and after almost ten years...

Downtown Jacksonville during the annual Florida-Georgia game is something that has to be experienced in-person. Every year, the city...

Take a journey through the complete transformation of an little side alley, from an eye sore to a place where the arts community came...

Professional positions with "placemaking in the title" are rare today and really did not exist back in 2010 when I began my career in...

It was my first time in the city but it was not my first time thinking about the place. After earning my Master’s in 2017, I applied for...

January 1st marks two years to the day I pulled into Jacksonville after a twenty-two hour long drive, one-way from Michigan to start a...

Happy to make a statement on the new abatement program in New Orleans and support my colleague Monica Rose Kelly, who wrote the foreword...

The newly formed Eastside Legacy Business Council (ELBC) (think Merchant's Association) kicked off their first collaborative placemaking...

Have you been to a bustling city like New York, DC, Philly, Detroit or New Orleans? Did you enjoy a hot cup of joe in the morning? Was...

Orlando received national attention from Project for Public Spaces, the founders of placemaking, in 2019 when the city hired what was the...

Two words to start with. Sign painting and ghost signs. Sign Painting or what we call “The Craft of the Letterheads” is an ancient trade...

Part 1. The Netherlands Placemaking in Dutch translates to plaats maken and translated back to English is “to make place or to make room...

This pie really should be sliced into more digestible servings but here is the last week in one big chunk. An endeavor to deepen my...

This blog was inspired while sitting in a cigar lounge on Ocean Street in Downtown Jacksonville, staring at a two-story painted sign that...

For anyone interested in organizing a PorchFest (PF), please use the materials and information below. This blog took me a few hours to...

While I really appreciate all of the messages about the Banksy show coming to Detroit you should know and understand why BANKSY DOES NOT...

I have been practicing since I was a teenager, always caring way too much about my neighbors and fellow entrepreneurs. Growing up in a...

PRO Network webinar: Art & Politics: How to Fund Creative Projects by Engaging Stakeholders with Kady Yellow See recording below. ...