INTEGRATING ARTISTS AND CITY PLANNING
By integrating best stormwater management practices and replicating those at other sites, the Fargo project has modified city governance structures to have a less intrusive style of land management, educated community on the benefits of the ecological restoration practices, and explored the role of the artist to carry the vision of transformation.

RURAL PLACEMAKING: MAKING THE MOST OF CREATIVITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY (A RURAL VOICES ISSUE)
This issue of Rural Voices examines Creative Placemaking as it is practiced in rural communities. The term “creative placemaking” is only about a decade old, but rural community organizations have long taken on community-building endeavors that have included the arts. Creative placemaking offers the explicit recognition that arts and artists, when fully engaged with local stakeholders, are often a gel or a catalyst toward sustained community betterment and economic growth.

NACO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TOOLKIT FOR COUNTIES
NACo, in partnership with Americans for the Arts and with support from the NEA has launched the Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative to support counties as they work to identify and strengthen ways to integrate arts into solutions to local challenges.

VOICES FROM THE FIELD
A collection of videos of advice, guidance, and tips gathered from our creative placemaking colleagues!