Ethan Kent

Supporting #publicspace & #placemaking leadership, networks, advocacy & impact globally. Executive Director @PlacemakingX. Formerly SVP @PPS_Placemaking.

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Reconnecting People Through Places

Placemaking With Local, and Global, Networks

An exciting evolution for the global placemaking movement and @PlacemakingX: https://t.co/VsjBEb1MR8

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Amsterdam is also of course one of the most beautiful, thoughtful, and fun #cities in the world!

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Long a hub for so many important placemaking communities and conversations, Amsterdam excels at bringing amazing people together in magical places.

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Incredible to participate in the Ammodo Architecture Days global convening, with winners of awards for small placemaking projects from many corners of the world.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

There is much to celebrate this week, but I want to call specific attention to historic gains Democratic women made in representation:

- For the first time in history, over 100 Democratic women will serve in the U.S. House.

- At least 16 Democratic women will serve in the Senate.

- At least 14 Democratic women will serve as governors, a record high.

- A record of 2,600 Democratic women running for seats in state legislatures helped flip 12 majorities and break 11 supermajorities.

- Four states elected their first woman governor: Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, and Tennessee.

- @KeishaBottoms will be the first Black woman to serve as a governor.

- @DebHaalandNM will be the first Native American woman to serve as a governor.

- @GinaHinojosaTX will be the first Latina to serve as governor of Texas.

- @peggyflanagan will be the first Native American woman to serve in the Senate.

I am beyond excited to see these extraordinary people and public servants tackle accountability, affordability, and our other challenges to make life better for everyone in this country.

Congratulations to everyone who ran: win or lose, fighting for what's right is always worth it.

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

@bradlander Thrilled to have you as our congressman!

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

American weakness, wrongheadedness & wrath needed to be fully exposed to be expunged. Trump’s MAGA movement did that. Toxic nationalism and fascism are melting around the world. What’s left behind is getting back to the basics of democracy--people & places building each-other up.

[Curtis Myers @curtis_1myers]

With all our exploring into human sociology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and biology this is a theory of why human connection is so important and becoming more difficult to find.

The solution is to repair the lines of interaction between us. https://t.co/Vqb3TPqeOC

[泉山塁威｜都市戦術家 @RuiIZUMIYAMA]

総論では、世界のプレイスメイキングの動きを追った @PlacemakingX のイーサン・ケント @ebkent さんへのインタビューと、10年前に公共空間に風穴を開けた方々との座談会。第2部では、今とこれからの公共空間／パブリックスペースを語る座談会も収録しています。

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Metropolitan Washington Place Leadership Summit

Join us in DC this Friday: https://t.co/Nmss46w1gK

@GUGlobalCities @placemakingus @PlacemakingX @BrookingsMetro @DCBIDCouncil

#PlacemakingDC #PlaceLeadership #PlaceManagement

[Social Life Project @sociallifeproj]

Plants vs. Place: Leveraging Landscaping for Better Public Spaces

From Plantings That Privatize to Landscaping That Supports Public Life
https://t.co/CGaHbY6zwX By @Fred_Kent, @DrTPanova & Ben Hudnut

#LandArch #Placemaking #UrbanDesign #GreenInfrastructure

[PlacemakingX @PlacemakingX]

Leaders in #PlaceLedDevelopment converged in NYC for a Forum hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to explore how to advance the emerging field, and attract investment in to #placemaking that supports #development and development that supports placemaking.

[Social Life Project @sociallifeproj]

@PlacemakingX @ebkent "...what anchors a good downtown is a public space that supports informal activity. A lot of money is often spent on programming and putting on events and activities, but the more informal life can be, the more serendipitous, and social, and human scaled, & organic, the better."

[PlacemakingX @PlacemakingX]

"We should look holistically at the interconnections between the whole busking ecosystem and #publicspace, and the opportunities that allow for the creation of a busking ecosystem." @ebkent
https://t.co/N9I4cVCDWs

#StreetPerformers #Busking

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Supporting busking will draw out the soul of a city, and celebrate the creativity and culture of the local community.

My conversation with @buskingproject:

[PlacemakingX @PlacemakingX]

"We should look holistically at the interconnections between the whole busking ecosystem and #publicspace, and the opportunities that allow for the creation of a busking ecosystem." @ebkent
https://t.co/N9I4cVCDWs

#StreetPerformers #Busking

[PlacemakingX @PlacemakingX]

We also have a playlist of 110 educational #placemaking videos: https://t.co/aaHVeHx7D9

[PlacemakingX @PlacemakingX]

A Playlist of Placemaking Podcasts: https://t.co/BG0Sjl7f4u

@ebkent @StrongTowns @MemoBernal @Charlotschans

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

@tjhfx @place_canada @placemaking_eu Grateful for recommendations and connections from the Placemaking Poland, @placemaking_eu and @PlacemakingX networks.

[Ethan Kent @ebkent]

Some highlight pics from a beautiful post #PlacemakingWeekEurope tour of Gdansk, including a bike tour to Sopot and Gdynia. Fun to tour with @tjhfx Maguire of @place_canada. #PlacemakingPoland #PlacemakingEurope