The following topics were discussed at the February 2012 Summit:
What if We Built Michigan Around Places?
• Placemaking as The New Economic Development Strategy
• Convergence: Addressing Siloed Issues More Effective Through Placemaking
• Place Capital: The Shared Wealth that Drives Thriving Communities
• Placemaking as a New Environmentalism: From Sustainable to Thrivable
Transformative Agendas
• Building Communities Through Transportation
• Towards an Architecture of Place
• Public Multi-Use Destinations as Fulcrums for Economic Development
• Public Markets and Local Economies
Placemaking Tools and Campaigns
• The Power of 10: A Framework for Structuring a Placemaking Campaign
• The Place Audit Tool
• Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Implementation
• Designing a Placemaking Campaign Strategic Planning For Placemaking in Michigan
• Overcoming Obstacles to Placemaking in Michigan
• Prioritizing Placemaking Opportunities Across the State
• Place-Based Governance and Culture Change
• Place Management