ICYMI, I wanted to share this recent report. Have a great day!! - Ruby

ArtPlace America and Local Initiatives Support Corporation are pleased to announce the publication of “Creative Placemaking & Community Safety,” a new report by Urban Institute that tells the stories of four creative placemaking initiatives that seek to improve safety in their respective communities: https://www.urban.org/creative-placemaking-and-community-safety

The report features an in-depth, mixed-method case study on each of the following projects, as well as a synthesis of learnings that emerged across all four cases:

• The Beerline Trail and ARTery extension, which bridges two economically and socially disparate communities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

• Eden Night Live, a community festival and pop-up marketplace sponsored by the Sheriff’s Department in Alameda County, California;

• The Marcus Garvey Youth Clubhouse, a collaboratively designed and programmed space for young people in Brownsville, Brooklyn; and

• The People’s Paper Co-op, an effort to use art-making as a vehicle for reform for formerly incarcerated individuals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This collaborative effort integrates arts, criminal justice, and social change research methods, and expands the body of evidence that arts and culture leaders are integral to multi-sector approaches to achieving safety in urban and rural areas across the country.

For more information or to download the free reports, visit: https://www.urban.org/creative-placemaking-and-community-safety

Best,

Jamie

Jamie Hand
Director of Research Strategies
ArtPlace America
195 Montague Street, 14th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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jamie.hand@artplaceamerica.org
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