Evolving role of place management organisations in bold placemaking

Cathy Lin, Lisa Middag, Jennifer Nakayama, Evan Sweet and Gabriel Yeager
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Cathy Lin: International Downtown Association, USA
Lisa Middag: Mpls Downtown Improvement District, USA
Jennifer Nakayama: Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership, USA
Evan Sweet: Meatpacking District Management Association, USA
Gabriel Yeager: Milwaukee Downtown, USA

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 2023, vol. 17, issue 2, 160-171

Abstract: Placemaking has become ever more critical in re-establishing and reactivating urban commercial districts. Being bold in placemaking now means expanding place management’s role in economic development, reshaping physical spaces for social and economic recovery and reclaiming public spaces for people. With downtown conditions changing faster than ever before, this paper examines how urban place management organisations are supporting local businesses, expanding the night-time economy, engaging residents, pedestrianising streets and memorialising public space for civic protest and healing. The future of placemaking includes an imperative of social and cultural connection and context.

Keywords: place management; placemaking; economic development; pedestrianisation; community activation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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