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A partnership of the Project for Public Spaces and the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program at the Bass Center for
Transformative Placemaking provides technical support to communities engaged in placemaking eforts.86 The Bass Center
has established priorities and goals to enhance livability and quality of life and to prioritize equity and inclusion in the
context of placemaking.87 Rather than taking a tax-incentive or real estate-centered approach, the center promotes a holistic,
multidimensional approach with these goals:
• Highlight the importance of place to communities and economies;
• Prioritize inclusive engagement and investment for district transformation; and
• Scale “place-led” innovations in infrastructure, governance, economic development, land use, and investment.
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Vey, Jennifer, “Why We Need to Invest in Transformative Placemaking,” Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, November 2018.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/why-we-need-to-invest-in-transformative-placemaking
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Storring, Nate, “Four Takeaways on Public Space Investment for Placemakers,” The Avenue Blog, Brookings Institution, August 2021.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/08/20/four-takeaways-on-public-space-investment-for-placemakers
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