Jenn Johnson

Senior Director @MurrayTwohig • Passionate about how cities can be healthy, happy, green, diverse & successful • Views mine

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Couldn’t be me, randomly at the @NHL 2008 draft in Ottawa, wearing full Leafs kit, this sign jokingly in hand for a Canadian prospect, when the @MapleLeafs trade up for the 5th pick and select … Luke Schenn. Trade news of the decade today 😂#hearttrophy #harttrophy

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

New year, new name, new website - same us! Wordsearch Place is now MurrayTwohig 🙌

[MurrayTwohig @MurrayTwohig]

We are now MurrayTwohig.

Founded 4 years ago, the change from Wordsearch Place reflects our evolution into an international #placemaking strategy business that will also act as a developer on major mixed-use projects in the future.

Find out more here: https://t.co/UWSN0C0ZIV

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Join my team! If you or someone you know is an organised Studio / Project Coordinator interested in #placemaking or real estate, I’d love to connect. Details here ⬇️

[MurrayTwohig @MurrayTwohig]

We’re looking for a detailed-oriented Studio + Project Coordinator to join our Wordsearch Place team, working on our global portfolio of projects + new business. More details, including how apply, here:
https://t.co/0lnUGdmTNV

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

@DurhamHealth @RegionofDurham @LakeridgeHealth @CityofPickering @PickeringTC @PBethlenfalvy @markhollandlib @Flipjutsu

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Petition for @HelloooJack to call #raptors @chrisboucher next quarter-buzzer-beater bucket with an Au Revooooooir.

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

#TTC’s Future Rapid Transit map is making the rounds - but Toronto’s future transit story is about passenger rail, too. Better train services + new stations are coming, sooner. My (amateur!) adaptation adds @Metrolinx GO + UPX to the TTC-operated subway, LRT and streetcar mix:

[blogTO @blogTO]

Here's what the TTC subway and streetcar map will look like in 2023 and 2031 https://t.co/K6MwuXMQsZ #Toronto #TTC

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

It’s more important than ever to have meaningful conversations about the places we’re creating.

So, we’ve launched a fun, free, remote-work-friendly tool to help our network talk about place with their teams. Check out #thePlaceGame here:
https://t.co/J3P4rvjswQ

[MurrayTwohig @MurrayTwohig]

Introducing #ThePlaceGame - a digital tool to help teams think beyond bricks and mortar, to have important convos about the places they're creating. Get on a call with your colleagues, and check it out here!
https://t.co/eZp5ETsgXx

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

#WeTheChamps is one great 2019 @Raptors legacy. Canada’s 50+ Jurassic Parks is another. I wrote for @Spacing Issue 51 about these pop-up events, and how cities + #publicspace can be ready to embrace the next opportunity to celebrate.

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Why developer vision matters in the #experienceeconomy: stories and mission are key to successful placemaking.

[The Architect's Newspaper @archpaper]

In the second part of our July/August feature on development, David Twohig argues that the developer's vision is an important deciding factor in building meaningful experiences within a project.
https://t.co/WusqPduBx0

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

🎉 Wordsearch Place wins @EstatesGazette #Placemaking award for helping developers to think differently, and for making a large impact so quickly 🎉

Thank you! #EGTechAwards19

[Estates Gazette @Estates_Gazette]

Boom! @wordsearchLDN takes the win for #placemaking (property) at the #egtechawards for showing just how far placemaking can go to transform buildings, spaces, places and entire cities.

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Places = People = Profit
Wordsearch Place directors Dave Twohig + @WilliamMurray16 chat with @EstatesGazette about investing in place, their capitalist-and-idealist dynamic, and “holidaying” together
@WordsearchLDN

[Estates Gazette @Estates_Gazette]

The latest @EG_TechTalk radio has dropped +it is a good un. All the usual @samanthamcclary and @EmilyW_9 stuff plus some naughty swear words from the boys at @WordsearchLDN. And lots of interesting insight, obvs. #tech #realestate #placemaking #swearing
https://t.co/RVNmHFtZU3

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

✅ Paris
✅ Urbanism
✅ Transit
✅ Impressionism

Worth a sunny Sunday at @agotoronto for Impressionism in the Age of Industry before it closes today. #agoimpressionism

https://t.co/pL0l2KBX3l

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Activation, profile, income, social benefit - there are so many good reasons to do Meanwhile Uses.

N. American cities + developers should learn from Europe #meanwhilespace best practice. Start with @The_Meanwhile @meanwhile_space + @popupcity

https://t.co/4SxVYqVGzY

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Worth a listen, esp. Ontario pals: @EricKlinenberg on @99piorg. His research shows that social infrastructure (libraries!) creates neighbourliness, improves public health + even saves lives in extreme weather.
#librariesmatter #PalacesforthePeople https://t.co/EfLLL25mP4

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

The Ghost Map by @stevenbjohnson is one favourite read. A reminder that some of planning’s first roots were public health - and we’ve come full circle today with a focus on creating healthy, happy cities. #WorldBookDay @OntarioPlanners

[Ontario Professional Planners Institute @OntarioPlanners]

It's World Book Day. RPPs and Planners, if you had to recommend a single book to aspiring planners, planning-related or otherwise, what would it be? Don't hold out on us! #WorldBookDay

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

An easy #EarthDay commitment: sanity check your waste sorting with your city’s latest rules - like @cityoftoronto #WasteWizard. I was so surprised to learn ✅ I can #recycle Styrofoam and ❌ not frozen food boxes.
#knowbeforeyouthrow

https://t.co/AUn8tWwxKl

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Four critical questions #realestate development teams often fail to discuss - and why it’s worth creating a place vision early in a project
@WordsearchLDN
https://t.co/hkTJKkCdM2

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

Curious about what Wordsearch Place is up to? Check out our revamped website with project profiles + a downloadable lookbook: https://t.co/oBTf2gdNj3
@WordsearchLDN

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

@jova_maria @npstoronto @jova_maria I went as a walk-in first thing in the morning and only had to wait a few minutes. Worth trying!

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

#Biidaaban on now at @npstoronto. An interactive VR shows tells the story of nature’s reclamation of TO through an Indigenous futurist lens - and it’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

Attention #Toronto -
We're accepting walk-ins for the sold out installation of #BiidaabanVR at Nathan Phillips Square.

Come pass-by and experience it first hand until September 24th.
About the project: https://t.co/XduEmbAjVr

#Biidaaban #VR #Canada

[Jenn Johnson @jenntrify]

#DufferinGrove named one of @timeout world’s coolest neighbourhoods, #SterlingRoad buzzing with @MOCAtoronto grand opening. Toronto’s energy feels northwestbound this week.