Arts
were once dismissed by many public officials and local activists as a frill, a
nice thing perhaps but not essential when you are busy saving neighborhoods,
building affordable housing, creating jobs. But that view faded in the
spotlight of national attention on Creative Placemaking success stories like
the High Line in New York City, the Cultural Trail in Indianapolis and the
Village of Arts & Humanities in
Philadelphia.
“Arts
and culture is powerful because it can give voice to the people living in a
place, inspiring their own creativity,” explains Erik Takeshita, co-leader of a
new Creative
Placemaking project at the Local Initiative
Support Corporation. “Art has a unique capacity to help people
re-imagine the place they live.”
The Cultural Trail in Indianapolis shows one example - from:
Stormwater planters are structures with open bottoms and specific plant species, which enable stormwater to slowly drain into the ground.
These planters reduce stormwater runoff, flow rate, volume and pollutants, and recharge the groundwater.
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