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Why a strong city takes more than clean silverware
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Marisa Novara
Apr 26, 2013
Last week I had the pleasure of being in the presence of more than 300 Placemakers at the inaugural meeting of the Placemaking Leadership Council in Detroit. The goal of the Leadership Council, a new effort by the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) to consolidate and strengthen Placemaking as an…
West Cook County Housing Collaborative: Quality homes at affordable prices
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Marisa Novara
Feb 26, 2013
Good news for homebuyers searching for opportunities in western Cook County: formerly foreclosed homes in Bellwood, Maywood and Forest Park have been rehabbed and are selling at a fast clip, at affordable prices to boot. The process is directed by the West Cook County Housing Collaborative…
Design competition to re-imagine public space in Chicago
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Marisa Novara
Feb 15, 2013
“Try and leave this world a little better than you found it.” This message, coined by Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell, undergirds many efforts by ordinary residents to transform their communities every day. In an effort to learn more about the many ways people are making the…
Placemaking blog series: The benefits of healthy communities, Part II
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Marisa Novara
Jan 28, 2013
Throughout January, MPC’s blog, The Connector, is running a series on the tangible benefits of Placemaking. Read the other entries: The economic benefits of great public places The benefits of aging in place The benefits of heathy communities, Part I Sometimes it’s hard to…
Placemaking blog series: The benefits of healthy communities, Part I
By
Marisa Novara
Jan 23, 2013
Throughout January, MPC’s blog, The Connector, is running a series on the tangible benefits of Placemaking. Read the other entries: The economic benefits of great public places The benefits of aging in place Sometimes it’s hard to define what makes a great place, but you know it…
I vantaggi di invecchiare sul posto
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Marisa Novara
Jan 16, 2013
A volte è difficile definire in cosa consiste un “buon luogo,” ma se ci imbattiamo in uno di essi, lo riconosciamo. Un buon luogo attrae le persone con attività, incontri, la possibilità di fare acquisti o anche solo di stare in mezzo alla gente e sentirsi in…
Placemaking blog series: The benefits of aging in place
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Marisa Novara
Jan 14, 2013
Throughout January, MPC’s blog, The Connector, is running a series on the tangible benefits of Placemaking. Read the other entries: The economic benefits of great public places The benefits of healthy communities, Part I Sometimes it’s hard to define what makes a great place, but…
Placemaking blog series: The economic benefits of great public places
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Marisa Novara
Jan 9, 2013
Throughout January, MPC’s blog, The Connector, is running a series on the tangible benefits of Placemaking. Read the other entries: The benefits of aging in place The benefits of healthy communities, Part I Sometimes it’s hard to define what makes a great place, but you know it…
Honoring Chicagoland's Placemakers: the 2012 Space in Between contest
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Marisa Novara
Nov 19, 2012
“Any community is made up of millions of acts, positive and negative, which at a distance become the whole we perceive. Each of us contributes to the whole. Each of us makes or breaks the city in small ways every day as we lead our lives.” – Peter Kageyama, For the Love of…
Making Union Station an even greater place
By
Marisa Novara
Oct 9, 2012
The Metropolitan Planning Council is such a fan of Chicago’s Union Station that for two years, through the Civic Advisory Committee of the recently completed Chicago Union Station Master Plan, we’ve been helping the Station – recently named one of America’s Great Places by…
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