tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25527757569864612042024-03-14T02:16:05.830-07:00ABCNewsThe Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-17247237806775298852012-08-01T10:28:00.003-07:002012-08-01T10:36:34.001-07:00ABC accepting only two more applications for community coaching in Fall 2012<i><a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu">By Leonardo Vazquez</a></i><br />
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Due to increased demand for Arts Build Communities' services, we will be accepting only two more communities as clients for community coaching from September 2012 to March 2013. New clients will be accepted on a first-come basis. Any community not selected for community coaching in the Fall will be considered for the next session, beginning March 2013.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Atlantic Highlands, community coaching helped build an alliance among the arts and business communities</td></tr>
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Community coaching builds the capacity of community leaders to engage in sustainable, cost-effective creative placemaking. Through a six-month period, an ABC coach challenges and supports a diverse community team as it develops a set of creative placemaking strategies. Coaches help clients go beyond just doing projects. Clients learn how they can better integrate arts-based activities with cultural, community and economic development. This helps projects have broader and deeper impacts on the quality of life and opportunities for prosperity in their communities.<br />
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ABC has worked with community teams from Atlantic Highlands, coastal Monmouth County, New Brunswick and Perth Amboy. Community coaching has helped build new alliances and generated new ideas in these communities.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In New Brunswick, community coaching is helping to build a community of arts and creative professionals</td></tr>
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There is a flat fee of $2,500 per community for coaching that begins in September. (The fee will go up in 2013.) Eligible communities can be neighborhoods, municipalities, counties or regional communities (two or more municipalities or counties.) Eligible communities must be within 2 hours (by car) from Newark, NJ. <a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/works/coaching.php">Learn more.</a><br />
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Need advice on how to get started? Contact ABC Director Leonardo Vazquez <a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu">by email</a> or at 848-932-2747The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-29652021088357850132012-08-01T09:39:00.004-07:002012-08-01T09:39:56.068-07:00ABC gets $10,000 grant from New Jersey State Council on the Arts<i>By<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu"> Leonardo Vazquez</a></i><br />
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Arts Build Communities has been funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for a fourth year. ABC, which is considered a co-sponsored project of the Council, received a $10,000 grant.<br />
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The Council notified ABC of the grant after its annual meeting in Trenton on July 31.<br />
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The grant represents an increase of nearly $2,700 over ABC's grant in 2011. The Council was working with the same amount of money it had last year. Being one of the few organizations to receive an increase in funding during difficult times is an honor.<br />
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The grant will be used to support ABC's programming and services to New Jersey communities and creative placemakers, including community coaching, the annual creative placemaking conference, and research on New Jersey's creative economy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/">Learn more about Arts Build Communities</a><br />
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<i><br /></i>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-8858436326140737392012-08-01T05:47:00.002-07:002012-08-01T05:47:31.124-07:00With ABC's help, Long Beach Island gets NEA grant for creative placemaking<br />
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The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts &
Sciences got a $25,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
to develop a creative placemaking plan for the island on coastal Ocean
County. Arts Build Communities helped
the Foundation in its proposal by developing an outline for a planning
strategy. The Foundation, Long Beach
Township, ABC and other partners expect to work together to put together the
plan, which will be designed to impact the entire island.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Work on the plan is expected to begin in September and
continue into 2013. To develop the plan,
the partners will reach out to residents and artists, explore existing
conditions on the island, and identify and address opportunities and challenges
for strategies that will improve the climate for creativity, enhance quality of
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Long Beach Island is one of two communities in New Jersey to
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Our Town is a federally-funded program to support creative
placemaking, which works to build stronger communities and local economies
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Map credits: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach_Island" target="_blank">Wikipedia entry on Long Beach Island</a></div>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-44018143169913152442012-07-20T09:35:00.000-07:002012-07-20T12:02:25.705-07:00Arts New Brunswick kickoff event a success<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8XS-asQbWq6H8vnAus-tVsPihb5WsARsk7LMODJ65Ht26mxI5YLRlCmP8ABShzwAGcrPEY9K5C_f_hN0t3v61B1eOuUpkTkY2_M4KAX9kj9uLXZuIfji0vhgFxCZ12fVdenOye9zAaI/s1600/going+into+theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8XS-asQbWq6H8vnAus-tVsPihb5WsARsk7LMODJ65Ht26mxI5YLRlCmP8ABShzwAGcrPEY9K5C_f_hN0t3v61B1eOuUpkTkY2_M4KAX9kj9uLXZuIfji0vhgFxCZ12fVdenOye9zAaI/s200/going+into+theater.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">More than 150 people attended the official kickoff for Arts New Brunswick on July 11, 2012, at the Crossroads Theatre in downtown New Brunswick. The event attracted a wide
variety of people from artists and creative professionals to municipal staff, elected officials, students, nonprofit professionals, educators and engaged residents. Open to
the public, this community meeting served as a venue for discussing the role
artists and the arts should play in economic, cultural and community
development of New Brunswick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mingling among participants, the meeting began with a series of introductions
from key figures involved in arts development in New Brunswick. </span><br />
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Executive Director of New Brunswick Cultural Center, and Jeffrey Vega,
Executive Director of New Brunswick Tomorrow, made opening remarks and
introductions, followed by an address from Mayor James Cahill of the City of
New Brunswick. The mayor emphasized the
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<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Keynote speaker, Ben Cameron, Program Director for
the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, gave an inspiring speech
about the importance of the arts in social change and economic development. He
set the tone for the rest of the event by emphasizing the power of arts to
affect the social fabric of communities, as well as their economies, and the
importance of partnerships and ‘elevated conversations’ to achieving
long-standing impacts. His speech was greeted with a standing ovation from the
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the course of the meeting, several issues were raised including: the need for affordable
housing and venues for artists; a centralized and well-maintained database of
artists and events; free arts and cultural programming, performances, and
events; and consistent and cohesive promotion and marketing to increase
awareness among city residents, as well as to reach a wider audience of
visitors. A common thread emerged tying all of these issues together: the
desire of the community to establish the foundations and framework necessary
for meaningful and inclusive collaboration between the creative sector and
local residents, businesses, neighborhoods and government. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Brunswick, the answers were overwhelmingly positive. The arts were described as
being a vital tool in building understanding across diverse groups of people;
providing an ”experience” in today’s increasingly digitally-based world;
providing a way for people of all ages to express themselves; and working
directly in the community to come up with exciting solutions to social and
economic problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Arts Build Communities has added three new team members to provide more and better service to creative placemakers and the communities they serve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Deborah Schulze</b> has joined as Program Manager and <b>Jane Wolterding</b> as Program Associate. Thanks to a partnership with Rutgers' Collaborative, A Center for Community-Based Learning, Service and Public Scholarship, its Principal Secretary, <b>Stella Baldev</b>, is providing some time to help with administrative matters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Stella Baldev</b></span>came to Rutgers in 1988 after working more than ten years in the private sector. She was an Assistant Recorder at University College, before joining Rutgers College in 1992. In
2007, when the four undergraduate divisions merged, Stella joined Civic
Engagement and Service Education Partnerships Program where she currently
serves as Principal Secretary. Both Arts Build Communities and The
Collaborative are part of the office of Isabel Nazario, Associate Vice
President for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Deborah Schulze </b>has returned to Arts Build Communities, where she worked from 2009 to 2011. She has worked in the fields of urban planning, public policy and adult education. She has a master's degree in City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and is pursuing a Master of Education degree at Montclair State University.</span></div>
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<b>Jane Wolterding</b> is a recent graduate Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein
School, where she received a Master in City and Regional Planning. Originally
from Albany, New York, she studied Geography and Art at Colgate University.
Jane is passionate about the intersection of arts and planning, especially the
role that the arts can play in the strengthening communities. Most recently, as
Planning Intern at Looney Ricks Kiss, Inc., she aided in the creation of design
guidelines and a redevelopment plan for a portion of Nassau Street in Princeton,
New Jersey. She also managed the implementation of a pilot Vacant Lot Project initiative
during her time at Grand Street Community Arts, which resulted in the reuse and
transformation of two vacant lots into community arts and education spaces. Jane is working with Arts Build Communities as a Program Associate for the summer.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Arts Build Communities provides expertise in connecting arts to economic and community development. Learn more about <a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/" target="_blank">Arts Build Communities</a></span></div>
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New Brunswick has three regional theaters, a renowned museum, and a nationally-ranked art school.
But until May 30, as far as we know, it never had an event that brought
together more than 100 artists, creative professionals and their supporters. On July 11, there will be another
arts-related event in New Brunswick, and this time, it is open to the public.<o:p></o:p></div>
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First, about the May 30 event. Artists and professionals who work in the
arts were all at Crossroads Theater as part of a prequel to the launching of
Arts New Brunswick. The initiative,
which officially kicks off in July, is designed to build a community-led set of
strategies for creative placemaking throughout the city. Arts New Brunswick is produced through a
partnership between <span style="background-color: white;">the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.newbrunswickarts.org/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">New Brunswick Cultural Center</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and Rutgers University’s </span><a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Arts Build Communities</a><span style="background-color: white;">. Arts Build Communities is a Rutgers University-wide initiative under the auspices of the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Arts New Brunswick</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is done as an extended and expanded version of ABC’s community coaching
program. The arts reception is the first of what organizers hope will be an annual event.</span></div>
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begin building a community of artists and creative sector professionals in the
city. Artists who live or work in New
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The New Brunswick Jazz Project brought in The Lee Hogan Quartet to provide music, and Elijah’s
Promise provided catering. New Brunswick
Cultural Center Board Chair William Hagaman welcomed the audience, then Cultural Center Executive Director Norma
Kaplan and ABC Director Leonardo Vazquez explained the initiative.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then it was back to eating, drinking, networking, and
listening to jazz for the guests. Organizers hope it is the start of a long and
fruitful relationship among New Brunswick arts organizations and creative
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This is the official kickoff to Arts New Brunswick. The special guest speaker will be Ben
Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation. Other speakers will talk
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The kickoff event is at 6:30 pm, July 11 at the Crossroads
Theater, 7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=crossroads+theater,+new+brunswick,+nj&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.206849,114.169922&t=h&hq=crossroads+theater,&hnear=New+Brunswick,+Middlesex,+New+Jersey&z=15&iwloc=A" target="_blank">(get directions)</a> Please RSVP by July 6 at<a href="mailto:newbrunswickarts@gmail.com" target="_blank"> newbrunswickarts@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Photo credit: Allison Brown, AV Brown Photography</div>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-59807998855799418962012-05-31T11:43:00.004-07:002012-05-31T11:43:48.240-07:00ABC Director to provide advice on arts-based economic development in suburbs and small towns<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank"><i>By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</i></a><br />
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Please join Arts Build Communities at "Creative Place-Making: Realizing the Potential of Arts and Culture in Community and Economic Development," a public event organized and hosted by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Friday, June 29, from 9 am to 2 pm in its offices in<i> </i>Philadelphia.<br />
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You can learn from a number of experts in creative placemaking in the morning and share ideas with your colleagues in the afternoon. Invited speakers include:<b> Jane Golden</b>, Executive Director of the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia; <b>Brian O'Leary, </b>Section Chief of County Planning, Montgomery County (PA) Planning Commission; <b>Nancy DeLucia</b>, Director of Policy & Community Engagement, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; and me (Leonardo Vazquez), the Director of Arts Build Communities of Rutgers University.<br />
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My presentation is <i>"Arts-Based Economic Development Strategies in Non-Traditional Areas: What We Can Do Now."</i> I'm going to focus on what small towns and suburbs can do to get the benefits of the creative economy. In the afternoon, I will help facilitate in the peer exchange. </div>
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<br /></div>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-38665043946490275242012-05-31T10:58:00.002-07:002012-07-12T13:07:13.154-07:00Happy 100th birthday, Santa Fe, New Mexico<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank">By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</a><br />
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Yeah, we know that officially Santa Fe, NM is more than 400 years old. But the Santa Fe that most people know -- the home of what's known in design as the Santa Fe Style -- dates from the first part of the 20th century.<br />
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As we reported in <a href="http://rutgerspdi.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-planning-turned-dusty-village-into.html" target="_blank">"How planning turned a dusty village into an international icon,"</a> the Santa Fe that celebrates adobe houses, Native American art, and Spanish/Mexican/Pueblo inspired food started in the early 1900s. In 1912, these ideas became a foundation for the city's policies to this day.<br />
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By doing this, Santa Fe's leaders started the modern creative placemaking movement. Of course, it wasn't the first time that city leaders used art to enhance their community. That had been going on since the birth of the municipal art movement in the mid-19th century, which morphed into the <a href="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/citybeautiful/city.html" target="_blank">City Beautiful </a>at the turn of the century .<br />
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But Santa Fe was different. "Although originating within the nationwide City Beautiful movement, Santa Fe's plan was innovative in that it merged the movement's emphasis on order and refinement with the revival of a local style," say Janet Chapman and Karen Barrie in <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=qj22qry4k6MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=kenneth+milton+chapman+a+life+dedicated+to+indian+arts&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ra7HT-6xC4Hz0gHUyJHRDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kenneth%20milton%20chapman%20a%20life%20dedicated%20to%20indian%20arts&f=false" target="_blank"><i>Kenneth Milton Chapman: A Life Dedicated to Indian Arts and Artists. </i></a><br />
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In other words, rather than just promote the high arts and build romanticized replicas of ancient Greek and Roman communities, leaders in Santa Fe saw the existing landscapes, cultures and diversity in the place as assets.<i> </i><br />
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<br />The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-48699877927938650342012-05-31T04:34:00.000-07:002012-07-13T09:29:44.209-07:00Atlantic Highlands has AHAA momentum<i style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By <a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank">Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</a></span></i><br />
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a new initiative to connect the arts and business communities in the Jersey
Shore town of Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
It’s called the Atlantic Highlands Arts Alliance (AHAA) and it’s one of
the first products coming out of a Community Coaching initiative guided by Arts
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hosting <i>“Live on First” Fridays</i> from
June 1 to October 5, 2012. The first scheduled
“<i>Live on First” Fridays</i> will begin at
3:00pm in Veterans Park at the Farmers’ Market, ending at 6 pm as the Market
closes. The <i>“Live on First” Fridays</i> will then continue after 6 pm in the
Courtyard at the Blue Bay Inn, 51 First Ave, until 9 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 150%;">Atlantic
Highlands, a quaint Victorian town, with a strong and growing Arts Council,
attracts local residents and visitors to its numerous events and programs
throughout the year, highlighting many of the talented local artists. <i>“Live
on First” Fridays</i> is another great opportunity to feel the “arts” in
Atlantic Highlands, with events that can be enjoyed by families. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Chuck
Lero, President of the Atlantic Highlands Chamber of Commerce, advises
individuals to go to the Chamber website at </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.atlantichighlands.org/">www.atlantichighlands.org</a></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> for a schedule
of musical groups and activities for the Friday events. Chuck also says
that many local businesses will stay open later than usual to accommodate
visitors and residents in our town.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 150%;">AHAA is a collaboration among businesses, artists, social
organizations and local government to enhance the thriving Atlantic Highlands
Arts scene. The AH Arts Alliance was formed in 2011 by a community
creative placemaking team being coached by Arts Build Communities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 150%;">The
team includes a diverse group of Atlantic Highlands residents, businesspeople
and other stakeholders, including Mr.
Lero, Robert O’Connor of the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Mayor Fred Rast,
and Dido Krikorian of the Blue Bay Inn.
They started working together to see how the arts could help enhance
their downtown and build better relationships among residents and different
groups within Atlantic Highlands. Arts
Build Communities coaches helped the team build its capacity to develop, prioritize
and implement strategies to meet its goals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more information about Live on First, please contact the Chamber office at
732 872-8711, or visit<a href="http://www.atlantichighlands.org/" target="_blank"> www.atlantichighlands.org</a>. Emails can be
sent to </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="mailto:info@AtlanticHighlands.org">info@AtlanticHighlands.org</a></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Community coaching is an innovative program that provides municipalities, counties and regions with an Arts Build Communities coach who helps teams move toward their creative placemaking goals more effectively. As of May 2012, ABC has worked or is working with Atlantic Highlands, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, and coastal Monmouth County in New Jersey. Any community within 2 1/2 hours of Newark, NJ is eligible to receive community coaching</span></div>
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Christopher J. Daggett, President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation said this about Arts Build Communities: "We are impressed by how you have built a statewide and national reputation in the few years since [its] inception. The mix of academic training, on the ground consulting, and engagement of municipal leaders in a new conversation around the arts and creativity has made ABC a strong partner in revitalizing communities across New Jersey."<br />
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This is the third year that the Dodge Foundation has supported Arts Build Communities. This grant is the largest that ABC has received from the foundation.<br />
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<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank"><i>Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</i></a></div>
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The New Brunswick Cultural Center, which is working with Arts Build Communities to
develop a new set of creative place making strategies in the city of New
Brunswick (NJ), is hosting Arts Reception 2012 for artists and creative sector
workers who live or work in the city.
The event will be May 30, 2012, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Crossroads
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designers and other artists who live or work in the city are welcome to
attend. Also invited are people who work
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This is the first of what is expected to be an annual. gathering of creative people in New
Brunswick. Participants will also learn about the upcoming launch of Arts
New Brunswick, a community-guided process to create a new vision and plan for
arts development in New Brunswick. The
Arts New Brunswick initiative is being led by a partnership of the <a href="http://www.newbrunswickarts.org/">New Brunswick Cultural Center</a> and <a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/">Arts Build Communities</a> of
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New Brunswick Cultural Center will also host a community meeting
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</div>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-78074125879552961342012-05-16T12:35:00.000-07:002012-05-17T12:41:32.334-07:00What to do to do community coachingWhen you're ready to do creative placemaking, community coaching from Arts Build Communities can help. Through this program, an ABC coach will help your team build its ability to pursue a creative placemaking initiative. Successful teams come away from the program more knowledgeable and better positioned to address challenges and pursue opportunities for creative placemaking in their communities.<br />
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Any community within 2 1/2 hours of Newark, NJ is welcome to apply for the next available community coaching session, from September 2012 to March 2013. (Application deadline is September 1) <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccapp2012" target="_blank">See the application here. </a><br />
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It all starts with having the right group of people who share the same goals and a willingness to work together. Here are some tips on building that team.<br />
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<b>1. Be prepared to let everyone you want on the team to know what's involved. </b> The team meets once every three to four weeks for six months. Meetings last between one and three hours (usually about two). No one has to attend every meeting, but everyone is expected to participate in most meetings. This is a workgroup, not an "advisory group." Members are expected to contribute time and energy to building the strategy they want to see for their community. <i>No one should do everything; everyone should do something.</i> <br />
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<b>2. If there's an arts council (or similar group) in the community, get at least one high-level person from that group on the team. </b>While it might be tempting to make all the 10 members of your team from the arts council, you should try to make the team as diverse as possible. So try to have no more than three from the arts council. If there's no arts council, start by finding a local working artist who has an interest in making your community a better place to live, work, do business, play or pray in, or even just a better place to visit.<br />
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<b>3. Find and get influential people from the community on the team.</b> Think about the organizations or associations that are well-known or do a lot in the community. In many communities, the local chamber of commerce, historic society, large sports groups, and PTA are the top movers and shakers in the community. But if you're not sure, ask your friends or neighbors. When someone or some group is influential, other people in the community know.<br />
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<b>4. Get a friendly elected official to get on board the team.</b> It's critical that the team have the ear of at least one elected official in the community. ABC may consider working with a team that doesn't have an elected official if there is someone on the team who has direct access to elected officials -- but this would be for a rare circumstance.<br />
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<b>5. Meet with the team (or as many members as you have) to decide what goal you want to pursue. </b>You don't need to get into details -- that's what community coaching is for. If you can't get everybody in the same place at the same time, try a conference call or even an email discussion.<br />
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Once you have the team and a goal, you'll be ready for community coaching. <br />
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Need more advice or help? No problem. Please contact Leonardo Vazquez, ABC Director<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank"> by email </a>or at 848-932-2747 <br />
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<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank"><i>Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</i></a></div>
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Max provided important research and administrative support as four units at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy were consolidated into Arts Build Communities, and it moved to becoming a university-wide initiative of Rutgers University. He conducted research on economic trends in the creative sector, and played a pivotal set of roles in the <a href="http://abcnjnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/create-place-arts-build-communities.html" target="_blank">2012 Create A Place conference.</a><br />
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Upon completing his Master in City and Regional Planning in May, Max
will set off to work as an administrator for Nestio, a Manhattan-based
real estate listing start-up, where he will be serving clients and
applying social media and other Web 2.0 technologies to the field.
Though he will miss ABC, Max looks forward to reading literature on the
beach and playing with his new kitten, Kyle.<br />
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Thanks for your service, Max and good luck with the new job.<br />
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</div>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-55139408548647745542012-05-02T14:36:00.003-07:002012-05-02T14:36:27.676-07:00ABC strives to make creative placemaking part of New Jersey state policyNew Jersey is working on a new State Plan to guide development and redevelopment throughout the state. In early 2012, a draft was circulated for public comment. While it had many good elements, the Arts Build Communities Board was concerned that there was no mention of the arts or creative placemaking in the plan. <br />
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The State Plan is designed to guide state policies and government actions. If the arts can be recognized as an important asset for New Jersey in the State Plan, it will help artists, arts organizations, and communities that value the arts. <br />
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In March, ABC board members drafted a set of recommendations to the Office for Planning Advocacy, which is developing the plan. We recommended that the state:<br />
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*Commit to enhancing cultural assets in New Jersey as part of its long-term vision for the state<br />
*Recognize the wide range of value that arts brings to New Jersey -- in particular the widespread economic benefit of the arts<br />
*Identify opportunities for cultivating arts and culture as part of its efforts to increase tourism.<br />
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<a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/knowledge/njstateplan/ABC_comments_on_NJ_state_plan.pdf" target="_blank">Read the full text of ABC's letter to the Office for Planning Advocacy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/" target="_blank">Arts Build Communities</a> provides expertise in how the arts connect economic and community development. We provide thought leadership on creative placemaking and promote creative placemaking as a cost-effective approach for community, cultural and economic development.<br />
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--<a href="mailto:vazquezl@rutgers.edu" target="_blank"><i>Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</i></a></div>
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<br />The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-61770928012257491992012-04-13T09:15:00.002-07:002012-04-13T10:31:39.944-07:00Create A Place: Arts Build Communities conference is a success<i>By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP</i><br />
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About 150 people at the intersection of arts and public affairs came to the Create A Place: Arts Build Communities conference on April 4 for good conversation and ideas. They were mayors and foundation program officers, artists and urban planners, economic development professionals and nonprofit executives. Most came from New Jersey, but some from Connecticut and New York, and three from Louisiana -- including the state's Assistant Secretary of State for culture and tourism.<br />
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In the morning, they listened to an inspiring speech by Newark Mayor Cory Booker and an informative keynote presentation by ArtPlace Director Carol Coletta.<br />
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"Art is not an afterthought, it's not dessert or icing on a cake..." Mayor Booker said. "We have to elevate art for it is how we express our individuality, authenticity, [our] divinity."* <br />
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In her remarks, Coletta said, "we are out to prove to the nonbelievers – the people who don’t fund art, maybe don’t even care about art -- that creative placemaking makes a difference to the success of communities."<br />
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Then they went to get insights from successful creative placemakers in and around New Jersey about starting, planning and sustaining creative placemaking initiatives. In the afternoon, participants provided their own insights and advice through peer coaching sessions.<br />
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The conference was so good that dozens of people stayed at the afternoon reception after the conference had ended. Besides new ideas and perhaps some new friendships, participants also took home a creative placemaking resource guide with information about trends in New Jersey's creative sector. The guide included, among other things, an analysis of trends in each county in New Jersey over the past decade, and <i><a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/knowledge/creative_placemaking_cced_definition.pdf" target="_blank">Creative Placemaking: Integrating community, cultural and economic development. </a></i><br />
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This was the second annual creative placemaking conference by <a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/" target="_blank">Arts Build Communities</a>, and the first time it was offered at the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers University's Newark campus. The 2012 conference was bigger and better -- more people and more sessions -- than last year's. It was <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_876103018">covered by the </a><i><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/politicians_artists_meet_in_ne.html" target="_blank">Star-Ledger</a>, </i>New Jersey's largest newspaper; and <a href="http://graphicdesign.com./"><i>GraphicDesign.com</i>.</a> Americans for the Arts, the nation's premiere arts advocacy organization, noted the conference to their constituents.
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Create A Place was developed by a great team of ABC Board members, staff from the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities. Leading the effort were ABC Board members Stuart Koperweis, Karen Pinzolo and Suzanne Ishee, with support from Max Azzarello and Leonardo Vazquez from the ABC staff; as well as Isabel Nazario, Rutgers University's Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities and from her office, Richard Rodriguez, Vilma Perez and Glenda Daniel. A number of students from Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and from the New Jersey Institute of Technology also provided several hours of assistance before and during the conference. They are: Jarrod Grim, Emily Manz, David Koch, Tiffany Pryce, Nicola Mammes, Jane Wolterding, Jeffy Vorasitthanukul, Peter Besada, Carolyn Worstell, Osman Beretey, and Rewa Marathe.<br />
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The work of Arts Build Communities is made possible in part by the generous support of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.<br />
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<a href="http://www.artsbuildcommunities.com/" target="_blank">Learn more about the work of Arts Build Communities.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">*Thanks to Susan Schear of Artisin, LLC for taking and providing notes from Mayor Booker's presentation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">Photos by Leonardo Vazquez, unless otherwise noted.</span>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-61195423406232002952012-03-28T15:10:00.002-07:002012-03-28T15:11:08.623-07:00Please register for Create A Place by March 30 to get discounted parking, resource guide CDTo be eligible for discounted parking ($8 instead of $14) at the Create A Place conference, please <a href="https://ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/courseDisplay.cfm?schID=47755" target="_blank">register by noon on Friday, March 30.</a> Those who register by that time will also receive the 2012 creative placemaking resource guide at the conference (others will have to wait to receive their copy by email.)<br />
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The discounted parking will work at Rutgers Newark Parking Deck II (also called Washington Deck II. It is at 166 Washington Street (across from the Golden Dome Gymnasium.) If you have pre-paid for parking, you will receive a parking voucher at the conference. <br />
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We are doing this because we have until March 30 to submit requests to Rutgers' parking authority for discounted parking, and we have to make final catering arrangements around the same time. Thank you for your consideration.<br />
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If you have any questions about registration, please <a href="mailto:rdr30@rci.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">contact Richard Rodriguez by email.</a><br />
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<a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102102920399-48/Create+A+Place+Flyer.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for a flyer you can download and share.</a>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-45342874604230964592012-03-22T14:30:00.001-07:002012-03-22T14:34:18.102-07:00New Jersey communities can exhibit their creative placemaking work at Create A Place -- freeLet's show 'em how we do creative placemaking in New Jersey.<br />
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Arts Build Communities is making up to six exhibit tables available for municipalities, counties or regions that want to exhibit their work on arts and community or economic development. There is no cost to the exhibitor, but:<br />
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--The tables are available on a first requested, first served basis<br />
--Each community can get only one table free<br />
--The request must come from a community representative -- elected or appointed public official or representative of local or county arts agency, who is already registered for the conference.<br />
-- Exhibitors are responsible for setting up their tables by 7:45 am April 4 and cleaning out their tables by no later than 4:30 pm<br />
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For more information, or to request a table, please contact <a href="mailto:rdr30@rci.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">Richard Rodriguez by email.</a>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-34917438283089525902012-03-22T14:26:00.000-07:002012-05-17T12:28:41.452-07:00Arts Build Communities' work in New Brunswick spotlighted in new video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This video describes the work being done by Arts Build Communities and the New Brunswick Cultural Center through a community-university partnership grant provided by Rutgers University.The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-9655540878668100102012-03-22T14:23:00.002-07:002012-03-22T14:23:39.451-07:00Look who's talking at the Arts Build Communities conferenceArts Build Communities just published the complete list of speakers, panelists and moderators for the upcoming conference Create A Place: Arts Build Communities. The list includes a wide variety of elected and appointed public officials, artists and cultural organization leaders, economic and community development professionals, and urban planners and real estate professionals.<br />
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Headlining the list are Newark (NJ) Mayor Cory A. Booker and ArtPlace Director Carol Coletta.<br />
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<a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/conference/2012/presenters.php" target="_blank">See the list of speakers, panelists and moderators.</a><br />
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The conference is April 4, 8 to 4 pm eastern, at Rutgers University Newark. <a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/conference/index.php" target="_blank">Learn more about or register</a> for the conferenceThe Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-12324944609057510632012-03-19T14:17:00.002-07:002012-03-22T14:18:41.114-07:00How the Create A Place conference can benefit you<br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">You're probably busy and have
a lot of demands on your time. Will going to Create A
Place: Arts Build Communities, the annual creative
placemaking conference April 4 at Rutgers University
in Newark, be worth your time? We think so, and here's
why:</span><br />
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get good, useful knowledge about how to connect arts
with community and economic development.</strong> Some
of what you hear may inspire you; some may challenge
your thinking. We're going to ask good questions of
speakers, and invite you to ask about what you want to
know throughout the conference.</div>
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<strong>You
can get knowledge that others won't have</strong>. The
complimentary resource guide will have updated numbers
about the economic health of the creative sector in
New Jersey. And Create A Place encourages the kind of
meaningful conversations that can help you get the
answers you're seeking. There will be experts on
starting, planning and implementing creative
placemaking initiatives. Whether you want to learn how
to get the ball rolling, or to finally get that arts
center built, Create A Place is the place to go.
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<strong>You
can share your own experiences, which can help you
think about your work in new
ways. </strong> Our afternoon peer coaching
sessions are designed to help participants learn from
one another - and by doing so, help themselves.
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<strong>You
can make good contacts. T</strong>here are going to be
mayors, funders, nonprofit executives and other
decision makers at the conference. It will be a
good-sized conference for networking: big enough to
help you make a wide variety of connections, and small
enough to be manageable.
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<strong>If
you come with a group from your community, you might
leave with a head start for successful creative
placemaking.</strong> Meet and greet your colleagues
on the ride to the conference, go to separate
sessions, share what you learned throughout the day,
and come up with strategies on the ride
back. </div>
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<strong>You
can eat well.</strong> With registration, you'll get
breakfast, lunch and an afternoon reception.
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<strong>If
you're an urban planner, you may be able to get up to
4.5 AICP CM credits</strong>. That's how many we
requested of the American Institute of Certified
Planners. <br />
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<strong>You
can enjoy yourself.</strong> Nobody hates a dull
event more than us at Arts Build Communities. Last
year's conference was both fun and informative.
This year, we're working to make it even better.
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<strong>You
can be part of a professional community of creative
placemakers.</strong> Creative placemaking is a new
field that integrates community, cultural and economic
development. Create A Place is the only event in and
around New Jersey that brings such a wide variety of
professionals together to explore creative
placemaking.</div>
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<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109538435888&s=3988&e=001B2FHXzJa7bGU-wYG0_7NM3Lf95yCvw7fFUpU6aXEi8jTe2cf5MUCQ4LNpne6wXFsmWbKbqd8CBuBvO5vO6JUzqbVq76yEEzMp2IUWNQWYPt7_q0Q_5F0P7fAmUzaWa5Ujr41ayTUbICVD7ifxf-8i5ctuFQhb59T" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank" track="on">Want
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share.</a>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-66245421705761918412012-03-15T15:32:00.005-07:002012-03-15T15:32:59.029-07:00New publication: Creative placemaking: Integrating community, cultural and economic developmentArts Build Communities has just published a white paper designed to advance the field of creative placemaking:<br />
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<a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/knowledge/creative_placemaking_cced_definition.pdf" target="_blank">Creative placemaking: Integrating community, cultural and economic development</a><br />
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Synopsis:<br />
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<i>The purpose of this white paper is to further define the new field of creative placemaking by describing how it promotes sustainable outcomes in communities. This paper expands on such foundational works as Creative Placemaking, by Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa, which coined the term for the field, and Tom Borrup’s The Creative Community Builder’s Handbook.</i><br />
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<i>Those works and others explain the benefits of creative placemaking: for economic development, they include more jobs and more wealth (by attracting visitors and businesses and keeping more money in the community) and higher property values; for community development, they include more productive civic engagement, bridging cultural divides, and helping youth be better prepared for their futures. The Creative Community Builder’s Handbook also contains steps for creative placemaking and producing sustainable impacts. This white paper provides a theory about why and how communities are impacted by creative placemaking processes.</i><br />
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<i>The problem that this paper is working to address is a number of beliefs and cultural practices within communities that we believe hinder effective creative placemaking. Since 2006, the staff of Arts Build Communities has been studying the elements of creative placemaking. In addition to research on arts-based community and economic development throughout the United States, we interviewed dozens of elected officials, artists, cultural professionals, urban planners and other public affairs professionals. We have also worked formally with several New Jersey communities through our community coaching program, and listened to the concerns, complaints and questions of those who want to do creative placemaking in their towns. Throughout, we came back to the same question: “Why are some communities so much more successful at creative placemaking than others?”</i><br />
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Read <a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/knowledge/creative_placemaking_cced_definition.pdf" target="_blank">Creative placemaking: Integrating community, cultural and economic development</a>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-59253509672549031942012-03-15T15:16:00.002-07:002012-03-15T15:46:39.770-07:00Number of registrations for Certificate program exceeds expectationsThe first class of the Creative Placemaking Master Practitioner Certificate is, we're glad to say, bigger than we expected. Arts Build Communities had planned to serve eight to ten participants in the year-long program, which started March 8.We received 14 applications. <br />
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The first class is a geographically and professionally diverse group. They include planners and arts professionals from California, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon and Virginia. They join a community of practitioners and scholars from throughout the United States. <br />
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Revenues above those that were expected will be used to support Arts Build Communities' work in research and creative placemaking policy, including leadership in the Sustainable Jersey Arts and Culture Task Force.<br />
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<a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/learning/cplp/" target="_blank">Learn more about the Creative Placemaking Master Practitioner Certificate</a><br />
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The 2012 class is now closed for new admissions, but <a href="http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001VUyJZcZ--fq_YqOvPUoB7ih8HpvDWimHlbuJhqradArc4vy8oZuzbPwyPawooBYOqXxg0Rlnzseig7D4CQwilIvh632G_z2IUE28XnoubG7oM1psfRdkFA%3D%3D" target="_blank">sign up for our newsletter and get updates on the 2013 class and other ABC programs.</a>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-45677387539559347402012-03-07T13:08:00.002-08:002012-03-07T13:31:47.548-08:00Hang out with ABC at our new Google+ siteArts Build Communities now has a Google+ site, and we'd like you to join us there.<br />
Please go to: <a href="https://plus.google.com/114456227434907116725">https://plus.google.com/114456227434907116725</a><br />
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We'll be using the Google+ site to help build a community of creative placemakers.
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We picked Google+ for social networking because of its videoconferencing feature -- Google+ Hangout. If we can't all be in the same place at the same time, hopefully we can see one another through videoconferencing.<br />
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Like something you see on the site (or not?). Let us know. <br />
<br />The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-3463997065426087772012-03-07T13:04:00.001-08:002012-03-07T13:31:05.792-08:00ABC partners to provide community coaching in New Brunswick<br />
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are spearheading <i>Arts New Brunswick</i>,
which is a series of creative place making strategies that will build a strong environment
for the growth of the arts and creative industries in the city. ABC and NBCC
will bring together New Brunswick artists, businesspeople, organization
representatives, public officials and other stakeholders to create a shared and
inclusive vision that enhances the arts and its impacts on quality of life
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With assistance from Americans for the Arts, the project
will also bring a number of dynamic speakers who are experts on creative place
making to inspire our community’s vision for the arts and to provide exciting
examples of how other communities benefited by implementing new arts
initiatives. ABCC and NBCC will build a team of diverse community leaders to
guide the development of the vision help implement the strategies and sustain
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This project is being led by Rutgers University Professor Norman Glickman and ABC Director Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP, in partnership with Norma Kaplan, Executive Director of the New Brunswick Cultural Center. It is being funded primarily by Rutgers University through a university-community partnership grant managed by the university's <a href="http://ur.rutgers.edu/about-university-relations/community-affairs" target="_blank">Office of Community Affairs</a>. Additional support is being provided by the New Brunswick Cultural Center.</div>
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In a typical community coaching initiative, an ABC coach works with a diverse team of community leaders, artists and public officials to address a creative placemaking issue or challenge. As with New Brunswick, ABC can provide additional technical assistance services, such as public engagement, research, community and economic development analysis, preparation of planning and policy documents, and strategic communications. </div>
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<a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/works/coaching.php" target="_blank">Learn more about community coaching.</a></div>The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552775756986461204.post-52468415319969196532012-03-07T12:17:00.003-08:002012-03-07T12:17:52.218-08:00Newark Mayor Cory Booker to speak at Create A Place conference<br />
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Newark (NJ) Mayor Cory Booker will be a guest speaker at Create A Place: Arts Build Communities. April 4, Rutgers University-Newark.<br />
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Create A Place is a great place to learn the how to's of building, growing and sustaining creative communities and economies. $75. Includes breakfast, lunch, networking reception and a creative placemaking resource guide. We submitted the event for 4.5 AICP CM credits.<br />
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It's a great place to learn and to network with elected officials, cultural organization leaders, urban planners and placemakers. Hope you can join us there.<br />
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To learn more or register, please go to <a href="http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/conference/index.php">http://policy.rutgers.edu/abc/conference/index.php</a><br />The Placemaker's Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565651885963577942noreply@blogger.com0