Creative Placemaking and Community Safety

Mark Treskon, Sino Esthappan, Cameron Okeke, Carla Vasquez-Noriega
Urban Institute / ArtPlace America, 2018

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RESOURCE OVERVIEW

This field scan gives insight into working at the intersection of creative placemaking and public safety. It outlines a variety of strategies and outcomes based on case studies. It also gives specific tools for engagement and evaluation.

KEY SECTIONS

ALIGNING ASSETS

Page 6 contains a flowchart that shows the pathways and tools for creative placemaking activities to lead to safer communities. Pages 6-16 elaborate on these activities and provide case studies.

LEARNING AND ITERATING

Page 21-23 gives specific evaluation tools that are particularly useful for public safety and creative placemaking projects but are also relevant for other sectors as well.