Make Place Happen Projects

• COLORoW: Lortz Ln

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  The Lortz Lane Pedestrian Plaza will transform Lortz Lane into a safe walking path and community gathering space. Share your pavement art ideas!

• Public Art

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  Graham Projects makes cities more inclusive and livable through public art, placemaking, and civic engagement. Click here to learn more!

• Made You Look Tool Kit

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  The Art in the Right of Way (ROWArt) Toolkit is a step-by-step guide for Baltimore communities that want to install traffic calming art in their neighborhoods. The Toolkit, created in collaboration with the Baltimore City Department of Transportation Community Programs, gives directions for how to create and implement Art in the Right of Way in Baltimore City.

• Tactical Urbanist's Guide

• Better Block Wikiblock Library

• Design for Distancing

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  Check out the ultimate playbook of customizable plans, distancing recommendations, and more for helping businesses and main streets safely stay open amidst COVID-19.

• Bloomberg Asphalt Art Guide

• NACTO Urban Street Design Guide

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  The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide is a blueprint for designing 21st century streets, the Guide unveils the toolbox and the tactics cities use to make streets safer, more livable, and more economically vibrant.

• Gehl Public Life Survey Tools

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  Gehl’s Public Life Tools measuring certain aspects of public life to better understand what’s already happening in a place and what changes might provide public benefits.

• DREAM PLAY BUILD

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  Inspirational and fun, Dream Play Build celebrates the value of engaging with the dreams we have for our communities. Readers will find themselves weaving these artful, playful lessons and methods into their own efforts for making change within the landscape around them.