RURAL ARTS, DESIGN, AND INNOVATION IN AMERICA
This report stemmed from a research collaboration with the Economic Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It analyzes data from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey to quantify relationships among arts organizations, design-integrated firms, and business innovators in rural settings.

CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION: ARTS, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES
To explore the role of arts and culture in transforming public housing communities, NOCD-NY convened a diverse range of residents for a roundtable in July 2015. Drawing on interviews carried out in the field, Creative Transformation: Arts, Culture and Public Housing Communities was designed to showcase exemplary partnerships that illustrated equitable, long-term approaches, identify barriers and challenges, develop recommendations and discuss how to move them into action, and more. 

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO?
Jamie Bennett, Executive Director, explains the work of ArtPlace America and Creative Placemaking.

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
An introduction to ArtPlace's vision of Creative Placemaking by ArtPlace Director Jamie Bennett as part of the Investment Review from the San Francisco Fed.

CULTURAL ASSET MAPPING
How does a community start to harness its cultural resources? The first step is to identify and map its cultural 'assets' - the local people, organizations, facilities and businesses in the arts and design.

INDIANA CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TOOLKIT
A hub for creative placemaking resources, examples, funding and connections for Indiana communities. Including how to build partnerships and talk about your success.

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING: MORE THAN MURALS
Learnings from the Enterprise Climate & Cultural Resilience program which explored the evolution of the creative placemaking field. It discusses what creative placemaking is and asks how can it be a more interdisciplinary tool, what is its benefit to community members, to community developers, and to national organizations?

ANIMATING DEMOCRACY IMPACT WEBSITE
An online storehouse of resources that offers a A Place to Start in evaluating arts and community change; stories and examples that describe how real arts projects have been evaluated and annotated evaluation resources, tools, and frameworks in Evaluation in Action; and more.

LISC CREATIVE PLACEMAKING RESOURCES
Multiple resources from LISC in areas such as Affordable Housing, Education, Economic Development Financial Stability, Health, Safe Neighborhoods Community Leadership, Policy & Research

CULTURAL MAPPING: A HANDBOOK FOR DEVELOPING A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TOOL
This handbook outlines the process of creating GEOLOOM, a tool to foster creative placemaking through capturing the broad range of arts and culture in Baltimore, Maryland. The process can be adapted for a community of any size, city or town, urban or rural and hopes to assist in the decision-making necessary for making communities vibrant and sustainable.