Best Practices + Resources

Best Practices

Creative Placemaking 101 for Community Developers

Policies for Shareable Cities

J Max Bond Center on Design for Just City

Cities Mobilize to Help Those Threatened by Gentrification

Grappling with Restaurant Preservation

Block by Block: Cities, Artistic Endeavor and the Future of Shared Purpose

Finding Authenticity

City + Community Resources

Click here for the Planning Department calendar, including BAR, Technical Review, Design Committee and Planning Commission meetings.

Click here for the Housing & Community Development calendar.

CLICK HERE to receive agendas and minutes via email.

City of Charleston Interactive Bike Map

Arts & Economic Development:

Local
Parliament Report: Charleston Creative Parliament, 2008
Economic Scorecard, The Charleston Regional Development Alliance, 2012

National
Arts & the Economy: National Governor’s Association, 2009
Arts & Economic Prosperity IV: Americans for the Arts, 2012

Placemaking:

Original Placemaking Whitepaper: Anna Markusen and Anna Gawda, 2010
Placemaking and the Future of Cities: Project for Public Spaces, 2012

Tactical Urbanism:

Tactical Urbanism, Vol. 1: Mike Lydon of Street Plans Collaborative, 2011
Tactical Urbanism, Vol. 2: Mike Lydon of Street Plans Collaborative, 2012
“The Official Guide to Tactical Urbanism”: Nate Berg of the Atlantic Cities, 2012

Image by Ashley Wyndham