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Cities for All – Gil Penalosa

by OU IQC | Jul 13, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015

“To improve walking you have to make the pedestrian the priority.” “If you can build cities that work for people who are 8 years old and 80, you have hit the mark.” Global cities are facing challenges that can be solved with new perspectives on...

Transforming Our Cities Through Art and Design – Candy Chang

by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015

“Our personal anxieties extend into our public life, and many of the conflicts in our communities come from a lack of trust and understanding. We know fewer neighbors, which means we have our guards up… We have a greater tendency to be impersonal and...

Power of Place – Carol Coletta

by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015

“We live in a democracy that depends on voters, and voting depends on engagement. The future of the city is crowdsourced.” “At Knight we are exploring how places can be designed to encourage more robust engagement. The places we inhabit every day can...

Branding Communities – Tripp Muldrow

by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015

“A brand in a community is a promise a place makes with people. In communities we are working, we are working on branding for people who live there rather than to attract people in.” Tripp Muldrow works with communities to express their identity and...

Anchoring Quality Communities – Tom Murphy

by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015

“Cities are being driven by their ability to attract talent. The most important investment a city can make is education.” “Denver is an example of a city that made an intentional decision to invest in mass transit. Oklahoma City made a decision to...

Place-Based Investment – Vincent LoVoi

by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015

“For an investor to succeed in a community-building investment, he or she has to have partners, has to have talent who can drive the investment forward. They have to have a cheering section in a community.” “One of the biggest community challenges...
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