Placemaking
Keely Adler and
Placemaking
Keely Adler and

The ongoing work of making the spaces in which we live cultivates a kind of alchemy, in which stronger links between people and place can arise.
when we find the convergence of where we belong and where we are encouraged or at least allowed to make a contribution, the magic happens.

We [also] build our sense of civic identity and opinions about government through social interactions. […] Our social capital — which Putnam defines as the overarching belief about society that facilitates co-operation — diminishes when we lose opportunities to engage with people outside of our regular social networks.