KickstARTing Creativity: How to Create Vibrant Public Spaces


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! How to Create Vibrant Public Spaces: Encourage picture worthy places – ByWard Market’s “Ottawa” sign is extremely popular among tourists and has contributed to creating a new … Continue reading KickstARTing Creativity: How to Create Vibrant Public Spaces

KickstARTing Creativity: The Benefits of Removing Cars from the City Center


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! The Benefits of Removing Cars from the City Center: Car bans like Madrid’s offer clear, tangible improvements to citizens’ health and quality … Continue reading KickstARTing Creativity: The Benefits of Removing Cars from the City Center

KickstARTing Creativity: How Kids Can Thrive in a City


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! 101 Ways to Thrive in a City with Kids: We’ve tapped designers, policy experts, and our in-house parents for their tips on … Continue reading KickstARTing Creativity: How Kids Can Thrive in a City

KickstARTing Creativity: Building Community Through Public Art


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! Building Community Through Public Art: The murals created by GoodSpace Murals make the neighborhoods in which they’re created more beautiful, of course. … Continue reading KickstARTing Creativity: Building Community Through Public Art

KickstARTing Creativity: Walkable Places & Transforming Public Spaces


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! 5 Insights About Walkable Places: What is clear, though, from this study and prior ones, is that the fiscal case for walkability … Continue reading KickstARTing Creativity: Walkable Places & Transforming Public Spaces

KickstARTing Creativity: Blissful Walking & Converting Parking into Play


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! Why We Walk: Norwegian explorer, lawyer, art collector and author Erling Kagge on his new book exploring the bliss of living one … Continue reading KickstARTing Creativity: Blissful Walking & Converting Parking into Play