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Placemaking Week

2:15pm EDT

Bridging the Gap between Philanthropy and Grassroots PlacemakingFILLING The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Design Your Neighborhood: Teaching the Next Generation of Placemakers Waterhouse Pavilion Measuring quality of place: Toward a global standard of walkability and urban designFULL The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space Short Talks: Placemaking for Youth and Play Palace Theater

3:45pm EDT

Better Block in a Box - Overview Workshop The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Power of the Crowd: Combining Crowdfunding and Grantmaking to Transform Public SpacesFILLING Waterhouse Pavilion The Beautiful Game: Uniting Communities Through Soccer for All The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space This Land is YOUR Land: Inclusive Placemaking in Chattanooga's National Parks Palace Theater

8:00am EDT

Better Block in a Box - Mini WorkshopLIMITED Miller Park

1:15pm EDT

Downtown Dos and Don'ts: Lessons from Chattanooga's Grand Experiment Chattanooga Public Library, Auditorium Lost in Translation: Decoding Unexpected Language Barriers between Transportation, Advocacy, and Main Street EPB, 7th Floor, Room 1 Make-Believe Placemaking: Designing Public Space through Imaginative Play The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space Short Talks: Exploring Deeper Connections to Place Miller Park Community Stage Tactical Urbanism for Cities and Citizens Alike: Collectively Institutionalizing Iterative Placemaking The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Tapping into Hidden Talents: Connecting Social Infrastructure to Place via Digital Design ThinkingFILLING Placemaking Bus The Placemakers Guide to Equitable Engagement & Decision Making Chattanooga Public Library, 4th Floor The Triumph of the Commons: Generating Principles for Participatory Governance EPB, 7th Floor, Room 2 Transactional vs Transformational: The Role of Private Development in Inclusive Revitalization Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Hall

3:00pm EDT

Accessible Placemaking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Universal Design The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space Achieving Inclusive Outcomes through Collective Impact Chattanooga Public Library, 4th Floor Aligning Public Policy and Participatory Action: Sustaining Placemaking Initiatives for the Long-Term Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Hall Incorporating Arts, Equity, and Inclusion in Placemaking: 10 Principles The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Measuring quality of place: Toward a global standard of walkability and urban designFULL Placemaking Bus Place Management: An Inclusive Approach to Advancing Equity Through Engagement Chattanooga Public Library, Auditorium Short Talks: Downtowns, Districts, Destinations Miller Park Community Stage Suburban Transition of a Downtown: An Unexpected Public Space Journey EPB, 7th Floor, Room 2 Women's Public Space Play DateLIMITED Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Atrium Working Through Distrust: The Power of Free Street Programming EPB, 7th Floor, Room 1

4:45pm EDT

A New Place Paradigm: Empowering Women and Children in the Public Realm Chattanooga Public Library, 4th Floor Anchoring Community through Grassroots Greenspaces: The Story of Mattie Freeland Park EPB, 7th Floor, Room 2 Cross-Cultural Partnerships and Honouring Indigenous Knowledge Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Hall Demolishing Roadblocks through Transparent Dialogue: A Roleplaying ExerciseFILLING The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space From the Street to the Suite: How Institutions and Local Communities Can Become Allies The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Short Talks: Edible and Equitable Miller Park Community Stage Stories of an Urban Greenway: How Public Art Further Joined a Disconnected Downtown EPB, 7th Floor, Room 1 Unlocking Hidden Potential: Inclusive Growth through Transformative Placemaking Chattanooga Public Library, Auditorium When Public Spaces are Unjust: Placemaking Promotes Livability and Inclusiveness Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Atrium

7:30am EDT

Better Block in a Box - Mini WorkshopFULL Miller Park

11:00am EDT

Appalachian Perspectives: Southern community leaders, come and share your stories with ioby!LIMITED The Edney, Floor One, CoLab Connecting People to Parks in the Scenic City: Methods and Strategies for Improving Access EPB, 7th Floor, Room 1 Creating Shared Value in Innovation Districts Chattanooga Public Library, 4th Floor Cultivating Rural Innovation: An Asset-Based Approach to Revitalization Chattanooga Public Library, Auditorium On the Frontlines of Placemaking in Urban Trails: Tools to Increase Social and Health Equity EPB, 7th Floor, Room 2 Placemaking for Social Inclusion: Addressing Homelessness, Mental Health and Addiction in Public Space The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Public-Private Partnerships for PLAYces (P4s): Lessons from Detroit's Cody Rouge Neighborhood Palace Theater Restoring a Sense of Place with Place Types: A Character-Oriented Land Use ApproachFILLING The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space Short Talks: Participatory Placemaking Miller Park Community Stage

1:45pm EDT

A Fresh Coat of Paint: Bringing People Together through Mural-Making Palace Theater Breaking Down Government Silos for Safer, Healthier Transportation EPB, 7th Floor, Room 2 Crowdfunding for Placemakers with ioby The Edney, Floor One, CoLab Defying Defensive Placemaking: Tactics for Tackling Exclusion in Public Space The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space From Office Park to Mixed-Use District: Urban Destinations for Suburban Communities The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Processing Painful Histories: Approaches for Place-Based HealingFULL Chattanooga Public Library, Auditorium Short Talks: Creatively and Community Supported Miller Park Community Stage The Centrality of Strategic Planning to Placemaking: The Case of Chattanooga's Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center Chattanooga Public Library, 4th Floor The Transforming Power of Parks & Open Spaces EPB, 7th Floor, Room 1

3:30pm EDT

Better Block in a Box - Mini WorkshopLIMITED Miller Park Demonstrating Participatory Design: Public Restrooms for Public Good The Edney, Floor Five, Accelerator Space From Pavement to Placemaking: The Rebirth of America's Suburbs EPB, 7th Floor, Room 1 How to Develop an Authentic Brand for Your Authentic Place Palace Theater Increasing Inclusive Impact: Forging Linkages Between Local Economies and Public Space The Edney, Floor Five, Community Space Placebreaking: How to Kill a City's Nighttime Culture and Public Life Chattanooga Public Library, Auditorium Short Talks: Approaches, Tools and Philosophies Miller Park Community Stage Swim City: Tapping the Placemaking Potential of Public Pools Chattanooga Public Library, 4th Floor The Last Safe Kilometer: Schools as Hubs of Child-Friendly Placemaking The Edney, Floor One, CoLab The Street's Not Complete Until WE Say It Is! EPB, 7th Floor, Room 2