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Hey Chicagoland! What’s your favorite “undiscovered” public space?  We received two dozen submissions from around the region this summer. Now is your chance to tell us which one is best! Between Aug. 9 and Sept. 10 vote for your favorite entry by clicking on the "Places" tab.

11 Principles of Placemaking

PPS has developed 11 principles that can be used to evolve public spaces into "community places." Although similar words, "spaces" and "places" have very different meanings. A space is a physical description of a piece of land, whereas a "place" connotes an emotional attachment to the piece of land.

Step-by-Step Guide

How to get started and how to move through a Placemaking process to get improvements implemented.

Join the placemaking movement

Join a network for Placemaking in the Chicago region and around the world.

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