2015 Placemaking Conference

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Streets for People: Urban Villages

The Institute for Quality Communities invited Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager for the City of Fort Worth and Professor of Practice for the OU Regional and City Planning Division, to speak about placemaking and Fort Worth’s urban village program.

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Streets for People: Streets Create Economic Opportunity

The Institute for Quality Communities invited town planner Scott Polikov of Gateway Planning and Jason Claunch of the real estate consulting firm Catalyst. Scott and Jason speak about how developments can become profitable, vibrant places as a result of their efforts...

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Streets for People: Better Block Project

The Institute for Quality Communities kicked off its Streets for People lecture series with a presentation by Jason Roberts of the Better Block Project. Jason talks about how he has used fast, targeted, do-it-yourself activism to improve his community. The event was held in Gould Hall at the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture.

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