PlacemakingUS: Public Realm Roundtable

Presented by the MS program in Urban Placemaking and Management and the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment.

The Public Realm Roundtable is a national gathering of government and supporting organizations who shape, maintain and enliven public space.

Key Topics of Discussion

1. Catalyzing and Keeping Cross-Department Synergies to Complete Vast Transformation
2. Maintenance and Enlivening of Spaces with Partners through Permits, MOUs, Reimbursable Expenses and Intermediary Organizations
3. Equity and Anti-gentrification Tactics
4. The Next Frontier: Reforming Already-Existing Public Spaces for Better Use: When Streets, Sidewalks, Parking Spaces, Buffers and Margins become new centers of Public Gathering
5. Making the Case: Connecting the Realm to its Outcomes like Health, Economy, Climate, Sociability and other positives outcomes to attract partners and ease permissions