Creative Placemaking

This article presents information on projects funded through the Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an agency that supports arts-based community development. It outlines the history of the grant, highlighting how the grant increases federal support for place-based arts initiatives. Then, it discusses trends in the world of creative placemaking, including a division between two types of projects: engagement activities and planning and design activities. It concludes by discussing additional creative placemaking initiatives through the NEA, such as sharing lessons learned and developing results indicators.