We highlight here some great articles we’ve read this week dealing with art, creative placemaking, and building great communities. You’re sure to find some inspiration to make your life and our community even better! 1. The Economic Value of a Unique Place: When it comes to communities, aesthetics and design are economics, because they are critical to … Continue reading kickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: On Aesthetics and Design, Pawlikowski on IDA, and Playgrounds of Ice
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kickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: Bike Share for Toddlers, LeBron James and the Importance of Place, and Community-Based Arts Education
Our Friday update here at kickstART farmington highlights some great articles we’ve read this week dealing with art, creative placemaking, and building great communities. You’re sure to find some inspiration to make your life and our community even better! 1. A Bike Share Program for Toddlers and Young Children: By introducing the very young to the most eco-friendly … Continue reading kickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: Bike Share for Toddlers, LeBron James and the Importance of Place, and Community-Based Arts Education
kickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: Celebrating Public Art, Holistic City Agendas, and the Creative Economy
Our Friday update here at kickstART farmington highlights some great articles we’ve read this week dealing with art, creative placemaking, and building great communities. You’re sure to find some inspiration to make your life and our community even better! 1. Celebrating Public Art: A recent trip to Chicago on the first weekend of summer reinforced the importance of … Continue reading kickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: Celebrating Public Art, Holistic City Agendas, and the Creative Economy
Creating a Vibrant Art Scene in Farmington/Farmington Hills: On Artist Live/Work Spaces
As we’ve considered what missing from the arts scene in Farmington/Farmington Hills to make it more vibrant we wrote about the need for a performing arts center to be built in downtown Farmington, along with the need for some alternative cinema options, a cool, hip, café that supports the arts, a dynamic art gallery space (or two), a public arts project to add fun & poetry to our … Continue reading Creating a Vibrant Art Scene in Farmington/Farmington Hills: On Artist Live/Work Spaces
KickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: Pop-Up Museums, Better Blocks, and Good Main Streets
Our Friday update here at kickstART farmington highlights some great articles we’ve read this week dealing with art, creative placemaking, and building great communities. You’re sure to find some inspiration to make your life and our community even better! 1. Art as Economic Catalyst: Our job is to infuse creative thinking into how the community can rediscover its sense … Continue reading KickstART Your Weekend with Some Good Reads: Pop-Up Museums, Better Blocks, and Good Main Streets