Sneapa artsand planningtoolkitoverview

Nurturing Creative Places:Leveraging Arts and Culture to Promote Community and

Economic Development and Placemaking

Thursday, October 20th, 9:00 – 10:15 am

Arts and culture is an essential element of what makes places

and communities of people healthy, connected, and vibrant

Arts and Culture is Essential to Livability

During this session, you will:

Learn about real projects that are infusing creativity into

the civic life and physical and social environments of

communities

Hear from local leaders working on a range of exciting

projects, e.g., cultural planning to creative placemaking

Learn about new tools and resources to support you in

innovating your planning practice through projects and

partnerships that engage arts, culture, and the creative

community.

Presenters

• Julie Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture, City of Boston

• Jenn Erickson, Manager of Technical Assistance

Programs, Metropolitan Area Planning Council

• Amanda Maher, Vice President of Real Estate

Services, MassDevelopment

• Anabelle Rondon, Program Manager, Massachusetts

Smart Growth Alliance

• Dee Schneidman, Research Manager, New England

Foundation for the Arts

Q & A

The Toolkit: A Framework for Planners

The Toolkit aims to:

• Provide a framework for understanding the many ways

in which arts and culture can infuse innovation and

creativity into the practice of planning

• Showcase the ways arts and culture can be effective in

advancing various planning objectives – through

research and case studies

• Promote MAPC as a regional resource on arts and

culture policy and planning

Preview of www.artsandplanning.org

Browse by section, search by topic

Five sections, multiple topics

Overview pages frame each section of

content

Case studies provide deeper dives into

strategies in practice -- created from

1:1 interviews

Sample search: Arts, Culture, and Planning

Each post (page)

categorized under

“arts and

planning” shows

up.

Click “Read more”

to view the full

content

Page preview: What is cultural planning?

Page preview: What is creative placemaking?

Cultural Planning: Denver Cultural Plan

Zoning: Nashville Metro Arts Commission

Placemaking and Infrastructure: Saint Paul AIRs

Arts Council Engagement in Community

Development: Medford Arts Council

Community Development and Placemaking:

Station North Arts District

Stay in touch!

Julie Burros, julie.burros@boston.gov

Jenn Erickson, jerickson@mapc.org

Amanda Maher, amaher@massdevelopment.com

Anabelle Rondon, arondon@ma-smartgrowth.org

Dee Schneidman, dschneidman@nefa.org