In early October, we travelled down to Chattanooga Tennessee for the International Placemaking Week, where urban planners, designers, and community organizers came together to talk about strategies for building great places. The theme of the conference was equity and inclusion—and I was particularly interested in hearing from Jay Pitter, who spoke in Saskatoon at a Walrus Talks event years ago. Her work on community-led placemaking has taught me volumes on what it means to dismantle my own privilege, listen and learn, and work with communities, not for communities, when developing placemaking ..read more