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Social Capital and Placemaking: An Interview with Ethan Kent

Drawing from fifteen years of placemaking experience, Ethan Kent, of Project for Public Spaces (PPS) talks about how placemaking contributes to social capital and city governance, and has launched a new type of environmentalism.  We were pleased to speak with Ethan about the importance of public engagement, planning and visioning to create human-scaled public places right…

"In the midst of pain, anger and frustration, this is an oasis of calm and beauty."

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