Place Mapping can have a profound impact on our communities and urban landscapes. It’s more than a strategy; it's a philosophy that champions the creation of meaningful, engaging, and dynamic spaces. It's about understanding that the spaces we create today are the communities of tomorrow.

Ever wondered what makes a space more than just a place to visit? People, Programming, and Marketplace come together in the Place Innovation Ecosystem to create spaces that resonate with the heart of the community. Want to know more about crafting engaging, sustainable spaces? Check out our latest blog that delves into the essence of place mapping.

At its core, Place Mapping is not just about the physical planning and designing of spaces; it's about creating environments that attract people. Our latest blog post explains how we use this approach to craft environments that are functional and memorable.

Places that will thrive beyond today will avoid the temptations of zero-sum thinking and behaviors.

Widespread wealth-building and prosperity is an investment choice that you get to make every day.

It’s in the overlap that the business clusters and professions of architecture, planning, branding, design, real estate development and construction not only thrive but create the kinds of places where you and I want to live, visit and invest.

Places that grow exponentially compound their action, not motion, around three nested ecosystems - people, land, and the marketplace.

The meta-narrative of places has been trending toward greater density, not less. However, the micro-trends have swung back and forth depending on technological forms and energy sources at a given time.

The other day I was working on a proforma that initially looked like a no-go. But, with a table conversation, that pro forma is now in a yes position.

Something within the ecosystem needs tinkering that switches a line or two in the proforma that makes a development project viable.

Transformative place development is changing course from a metric-driven approach to an ecosystem approach with metrics.

In an era where job and income growth, qualified labor availability, and inflation are top-of-mind problems to solve, having a place development strategy is paramount to your success and enriching the lives of your residents and businesses.

Each one of us can influence how the algorithm works. Each decision and step you take sets the trajectory for the kind of place your neighborhood, commercial corridor, the city-region are becoming.

Many places want to be and get better. Better learning environments. Better housing conditions. Better job opportunities. Better is usually easy to define. It is figuring out how to get to better that keeps many places from creating and navigating a new S-Curve.

Knowing your position tells you where you are. Mapping coordinates gets you to where you want to be.

The work of placemaking requires knowing how to maximize our land use and ensure we serve all existing and new beneficiaries.

New creates a cycles of growth for a community. At the same time, the risk of existing product offerings becoming less valuable increases.

Most people will choose a magnetic and inclusive place that meets their needs or stage of life. Places (towns, villages, and cities) need to play nice. So it's even more critical for them to play the thriving places game.

Creators and tinkerers. We need both to make our cities and neighborhoods thrive.

The idea that you can mastermind places, assign random target dates to achieve goals, and assume everyone gets onboard is still widely used in our field.