Bridging Policy and Placemaking to Activate Vacant Properties

Katy J. Renn and Nicole Heymnan
Center for Community Progress, 2017

Resource Overview

This report outlines the lessons learned from two case studies in St. Paul: Frogtown Green and Urban Flower Field. It goes through a lot of the nuts and bolts of creative placemaking projects in vacant spaces.

Key Sections

Aligning Assets

Page 8-11 shares the context of the City of St. Paul and its vacant properties.

Page 12-19 outlines the assets that the City of St. Paul has that make creative placemaking projects activating vacant properties particularly successful.