Placemaking Week

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Join us this September 21st-24th  for an in-person, national placemaking convergence in Flint, Michigan!

Hilton Garden Inn Flint Downtown

We’re hosting a movable feast of ideas, actions and energy to catalyze discussion and action around the city’s evolution from automobile-dominated to people-centric.What’s Up Downtown Flint is welcoming placemakers from across the country for an in-depth exploration of how the community is reuniting and growing around art, music, and culture and evolving both its social and urban fabric through the powerful efforts of the creative, Flintstone spirit.PlacemakingUS is bringing together 25 placemaking leaders from across the nation to elevate Flint’s ground game, share techniques and learn from this unique city’s history and future.Join us for a PLACEMAKING WEEK filled with workshops, discussions, idea-sharing around the following themes: - Connecting Neighborhoods - Makers and the Local Economy - Creative Placemaking - Streets for People - Healthy Cities - Downtown Management

<h1>Why Flint?</h1>During the PlacemakingUS “<a href="https://www.placemakingus.org/news/announcing-our-summer-roadtrip" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Roadtrip for the Recovery</a>,” we visited 60+ cities across the US and Flint proved to be one of the most exciting places experiencing a creative renaissance. We’re excited to bring placemakers here to be a part of Flint’s fundamental shift from an auto-oriented community planned by General Motors to one that is made by and for its people.At the same time all of this positivity ignites, Flint has been unfairly castigated as the poster child for modern metropolis problems including deindustrialization, depopulation, crime, racial segregation, and inequality. This US placemaking convergence will flex Flint’s placemaking muscles to help propel the local scene forward while we strengthen our national bonds and get re-inspired from this assembly. <h1></h1>

Flint's creative and entrepreneurial communities are reconnecting the city.

<h1>Join us in Flint this Fall</h1>TICKETS: Tickets are on-sale now at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/placemaking-week-tickets-167926836689">PlacemakingUS.org/FlintPW</a>. General Admission tickets are $250 and there is a “Pay What You Will” option available so that price is not a stumbling block for participation.COVID NOTICE: We highly recommend attendees and participants be vaccinated. Genesee County currently recommends wearing a mask when in-doors.ACCOMMODATIONS: We invite guests to book their stay at the <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3r29dsb6" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hilton Garden Inn</a> in the newly renovated historic Genesee County Savings Bank building. Inquire with them about our room block rate. GETTING HERE: Flint is in Mid Michigan and is served by the Flint Bishop regional airport (which connects to flights from Chicago, Charlotte and Tampa) and is about 1-hour drive from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Uber/Lyft costs around $100 each way for this route. Let us know when you plan to arrive and we’ll try to pair you with another placemaker for rideshare.This gathering is produced by What’s Up Downtown Flint in collaboration with PlacemakingUS and PlacemakingX.

We got a warm welcome when our advanced team showed up earlier this Summer! Can't wait to share more fun and inspiring times with you all!

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