Placemaking Presentation and Workshop on How Good Food Seeds Great Places
William H. Whyte famously said, "If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food."
Join PlacemakingUS for a good practices workshop that illustrates the cornucopia of ways the local food system and placemaking intersect to create vibrant, economically inclusive, ecologically responsive and social and mental health-enhancing environments.
We'll tackle a range of topics including:
Placemaking the Farmers Markets
Urban Agriculture & Community Gardens
Mobile Food Vendors, Pop-ups and Micro-Entrepreneurism
Local Food Policy
Wayfinding & Beautification approaches to Local Food
Food as a Tool for Community Engagement with Underserved Communities
Food Funding Mechanisms, Micro-financing and Economic Development
Interactions between food and other sectors including Arts, Health and Education
Connections between Placemaking, Permaculture, W