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We're on the Road to the Recovery

5/30/2021

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In 2020 we got clearcut. This year, we replant.
​Lo! We've packed our bags, loaded-up the placemobile and left Southern California for a three month roadtrip across America. Along the way, we're connecting with placemakers in 50+ cities and talking with everday folk to promote that 'people and places' play a part in our country's pandemic recovery.

Carpe Loci

Our motto is Carpe Loci, to "seize the place" in this rare moment when the status quo has been temporarilyy disrupted by COVID at the same time that $350 billion dollars has become available for community restoration.

This windfall of federal cash has breached the dam in Washington DC and is flowing fast and fierce to our states, counties and cities. While a lot of this money is going directly to help people and businesses with immediate assistance and to replenish depleted local government accounts, there is a large amount left in the till which needs more community involvement if it's end results are to live up to the White House's ideals for this money to "build back better" as opposed to "business as usual."

PlacemakingUS recognizes this moment and we are spreading the message far and wide across the land: we want the American Recovery to celebrate the old placemaker adage that, “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

What would it look like if every human could help co-create their environment to make their world a better place?

Our strategy is to learn and spread how placemakers across the country are tackling problems and finding solutions. We're starting to call this their placemaker superpowers, that niche where they have natural proclivities, exhaustive experience and a passion to help others. On our recovery roadtrip, we hope to connect with you to learn about your superpowers and help spread your secrets to success across the country. 

What's your placemaking superpower?

We want to look forward to visiting your town as much as we are excited to visit:
  •  Denver where Zeppelin Development is tackling the future of offices and what place-based, human-centric workplace looks could like without restraint. 
  • Boston, we'll learn how to go from  "Vacancy into Vibrancy" with pop-up placemaking by CultureHouse that leads to revitilized spaces for a balance of community and commerce. 
  • State College, Pennsylvania, we'll learn from 3 Dots Downtown about co-locating public and private live and work spaces to generate innovation.
  • New York City, we'll be bolstering discussions and visions for Open Streets.
  • Birmingham, Alabama, we'll learn from Elevators on 4th about Entrepreneurship as Equity by exploring black supply chains and micro-enterprise opportunities in Red Mountain Park.
  • And on and on and on from there. 

We hope we will connect with you along the way and create a meaningful interaction that helps imbue locals to get the people and places they love prioritized in their town's take on the American Rescue Plan. Keep checking here and on Instagram and our Facebook Group to see what we're learning and. 
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Current Riders: Ryan Smolar, Steven Homestead
Listening to: On the Road Again, Canned Heat
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Announcing "The Roadtrip for the Recovery"

5/5/2021

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We're visiting 50 cities to meet with local placemakers and communities. 

As the United States emerges from the pandemic, PlacemakingUS is checking in on cities and towns across the land to help ensure that people and places remain at the heart of the American recovery. We're going on a national whistle-stop tour to make sure placemakers are well-equipped and networked in their locales to utilize this incredible moment. We're taking this massive trip to diffuse innovation and promote the creation of authentic places and to help ensure post-pandemic urbanism has something for everyone, because it is created by everyone.​ 

Summer 2021 Tour Dates* 

​May 29 Long Beach, CA
May 30 Las Vegas
May 31 St George
June 1 Moab
June 2 Grand Junction
June 3-4 Denver / Boulder 
June 5 Kansas City 
June 6 St Louis
June 8-12 Carmel, IN (IMCL)
June 13 Cincinnati 
June 14 Columbus
June 15-18 Indianapolis (Walk/Bike Places)
June 19 Lafayette/Chicago
June 20 Chicago
June 22 Grand Rapids
June 23 Flint
June 24 Pontiac
June 25 Detroit
June 27 Ann Arbor
June 28 Cleveland
June 29 Pittsburgh
July 1 State College
July 2-5 Philadelphia
July 6-11 New York, NY
July 13 New London, CT
July 14-15 Providence
July 18-19 Boston
July 21-22 Vermont
​July 23 Portland, Maine

July 24-26 Hudson River Valley
July 27 Rochester, NY
July 30-31 Baltimore
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August 1-2 Washington DC
August 4-5 Raleigh
August 6 Durham/Chapel Hill
August 7 Greensboro
August 8 Greenville/Charlotte
August 9 Asheville
August 11Chattanooga
August 12-13 Atlanta
August 14 Birmingham
August 16-17 New Orleans
August 19-20 Houston
August 21-23 San Antonio/Austin
August 24-25 Dallas
August 27 Oklahoma City
August 28 Tulsa
August 30-31 Santa Fe
September 1-2 Phoenix
September 3 Los Angeles

​*dates/places subject to change
PlacemakingUS is inviting everyone to participate in the fun of this roadtrip. If we're coming to your town, please get in touch so we can connect. We've listed a bunch of ways to get involved with the trip on our Summer Recovery Roadtrip headquarters page. You can drive along with us, host a meetup with us or even help sponsor the trip. Please help us hook in with your community in a meaningful way.
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