Cailean Kok

Project Associate at Project for Public Spaces

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

Do yourself a favor and go on one of @EmRebManz tours and get to know Newark better!

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

⁦@EmRebManz⁩ doing her thing with #BloomfieldFoodTour

[Jennifer S Vey @jvey1]

“Build community first, and then build the community center.” In this Placemaking Postcards blog Anna Brinley and @AnnHilbig discuss how the BakerRipley Gulfton Sharpstown Campus in Houston has helped strengthen the diverse community it serves from within. https://t.co/eaLkxFQgq7

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

Read: How a Houston, Texas neighborhood center is using diversity to strengthen a neighborhood https://t.co/9N5W6sjiPF Love this post card series partnership with @PPS_Placemaking and @BrookingsMetro #placemaking

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

@CarmenMaysMPA @natestorring Yes! Keeping telling it like it is!

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

Intentional efforts to engage communities of color is very, very necessary! https://t.co/uC8cQC720b @EmRebManz #PlacemakingWeek

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

Management being comprised of the actual community can help mend the disconnect between districts and public spaces and their local business and resident stakeholders. @EmRebManz #PlacemakingWeek

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

There are a lot of people sitting behind counters around the city ready to engage with public spaces. @EmRebManz @PPS_Placemaking #PlacemakingWeek

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

@PPS_Placemaking thanks for organizing #PlacemakingWeek done arounds! Great conversations!

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

You can move parklets to be in front of places like laundromats instead of bars and restaurants. Then people don’t have to buy drinks to use the parklets and also gain the benefits of social interaction and support from parklets. #PlacemakingWeek @PPS_Placemaking @BrookingsMetro

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

Check out this toolkit with the information to make the case and how to get people first Main Streets!

[Project for Public Spaces @PPS_Placemaking]

Exciting news 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of “Navigating Main Streets as Places: A People-First Transportation Toolkit” in partnership with @NatlMainStreet. Available here: https://t.co/oTfqhyzBBf #PlacemakingWeek

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

In inclusive engagement and transformative #placemaking, the emotion has to feed to do something meaningful. @wwstansburyccfa #PlacemakingWeek

[PEF Chattanooga @pefchattanooga]

Our great Edna Varner is spreading some #WednesdayWisdom at #PlacemakingWeek! Go Edna! @educateEdna

[Nate Storring @natestorring]

When it comes to building up communities, “We can no longer make the excuse, where are we going to get the money? We can no longer afford to hide behind a lack of funding. The issue, really, is the lack of will and compassion.” — @wwstansburyccfa #PlacemakingWeek

[Chanelle Nicole @shegotplans]

“We can no longer say there isn’t money to impact a family’s quality of life. It’s not lack of money, it’s lack of will and compassion.” - Wanda Webster Stansbury, Founder & Director of Center for Child and Family Achievement #PlacemakingWeek #WednesdayWisdom 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

Placemaking means a place for all to participate in the economy and all that a place has to offer! #PlacemakingWeek @PPS_Placemaking

[Nate Storring @natestorring]

“Chattanooga doesn’t want to be another city. We just want to be like us. But we do have a lot to learn from all of you.” Mayor @AndyBerke, @Chattanooga_gov welcomes placemakers from around the world to #PlacemakingWeek.

[Cailean Kok @CaileanKok]

@natestorring @AndyBerke @Chattanooga_gov He said it so perfectly.