Observations on Place-making and Place-keeping in St. John's
Editor's note: this article is written by Dennis Knight, who attended our Placemaking event on March 2, 2013.
Place-making has been receiving increased attention from community planners, architects and others since the 1970s, fuelled by thought leaders such as Jane Jacobs and recognizing that great places are drivers of economic and cultural development. I define it as 'planning, designing and managing communities and their public living spaces to facilitate people's creativity, well-being and connection'.
In recent years, place-making has...
Happy City Summer Student Call-out!
Happy City is (hopefully!) hiring. We're applying for several summer student positions this year through various funding sources - last year we had 2 amazing summer students on our team, and this year we're hoping for 3. For one of our applications we need to have a student picked out in advance, so let us know by this Friday (May 3) if you're interested or know someone who is.
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St. John's to develop park (playground, trails) around Kelsey Drive housing development - @CBCNL http://t.co/7yfWkUGzgF