Housing Assistance Council, 2017
RESOURCE OVERVIEW
Creative placemaking is not just an urban activity. Many leaders and practitioners in rural social and economic development have also embraced the practice. The Housing Assistance Council collaborated with the National Endowment for the Arts and buildingcommunityWORKSHOP to bring resources to support creative placemaking to rural partners. Creative placemaking in rural communities has been used to amplify a sense of home and heritage, to engage marginalized community members, and as a tool for economic development.
KEY SECTION
Conceiving Arts-Based Opportunities
The publication Rural Voices examines creative placemaking as it is practiced in rural communities. Though the term “creative placemaking” is only about a decade old, these articles recognize that rural community organizations have long taken on community-building endeavors that have included the arts.