Placemaking Indiana’s monthly newsletter celebrates placemaking
happening locally and nationally. We share placemaking trends and opportunities
to inspire and support the work you do in your communities.
Improving Life Through Placemaking
The IndyStar’s Tim Swarens offers six crazy ideas to
improve life in Indianapolis through placemaking. What are your crazy ideas to
improve life in Indiana?
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Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper
Indiana towns attract visitors by hosting
seasonal events in their communities. These crowd-drawing events are a great
opportunity for communities to test out “Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” placemaking
projects. Check out these
suggestions from the Project for Public Spaces to prepare for events
and festivals this fall.
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Applications for the youth community development
program My Community, My
Vision are due to IHCDA on September 10.
- Install dynamic and fun public spaces
with IHCDA’s CreatINg
Places program.
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The Surdna Foundation funds projects focused on strong
local economies, sustainable environments, and thriving cultures.
- The Indiana DNR Division of Forestry’s Community and Urban Forestry
Assistance grants are due September 28th. The funding is to
inventory, plan, evaluate, educate, and plant trees.
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INDOT’s Community Crossings Matching Grant for shovel
ready local construction projects is due on September 28th.
- The Indiana Office of Tourism Development offers
grants to local
governments and non-profits for tourism promotion and development. Call for
applications begins in September and applications are due December 3, 2018.
- The Walmart Foundation provides grants for community
development projects to benefit low income populations.
Application due December 31, 2018.
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Kaboom offers playground
grants to help communities build safe places for kids to play.
- The 2018 Indiana Bike & Walk Summit is August 29 and 30
in downtown Indianapolis.
- The Indiana Arts Commission is hosting the Indiana Arts Homecoming
conference on October 18 – 19 in Fort Wayne.
- These past webinars from the National Association of Realtors focus on
affordable housing opportunities and programs.
- The Walk Bike Places conference to promote greater access to walking and bicycling for cohesive and vibrant communities will be held in New Orleans on September 16-19.
- The Project for Public Spaces offers a variety of conferences and events on placemaking.
- Community Builders offers webinars on community development and placemaking.
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Placemaking improves places by focusing on the place and its people.
- Indiana Landmarks is a statewide non-profit
organization that helps save and revitalize historic places. They offer resources and statewide events focused on
preservation and place.
- The terms gentrification and displacement are often
used interchangeably. Two short videos explain gentrification and displacement.
- City Lab’s University series offers a lesson in inclusionary zoning.
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Route 66 is a case study for repurposing historic highways as
bike routes in rural America.
- The Dutch show how to create bicycling infrastructure
to transform a city and maybe a whole country.
- The creation of small green spaces can help improve mental health
in neighborhoods.
Contact me with ideas, comments, or questions:
Carmen Lethig, IHCDA Placemaking Manager
at clethig@ihcda.in.gov or
317.234.6290. If your agency has a new staff member who wishes to receive this newsletter,
please e-mail communications@ihcda.in.gov
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