Arts and Culture
Planning101 is a space for MAPC staff to share their wealth of knowledge on topics related to smart growth and regional collaboration. This blog covers a diverse range of issues that include transportation, clean energy, land use, environment, public health, local government, equity, the innovative usage of public data, and the process of creating digital tools.
Storytelling to Capture Community Cohesion
Storytelling to Capture Community Cohesion When the MAPC team started a small business plan for the City of Quincy in […]
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Marked Territory: Rethinking Massachusetts’ Historical Markers
Credit: Jaye Glenn Marked Territory: Rethinking Massachusetts’ Roadside Histories In 1930, the Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission erected 275 markers to commemorate […]
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Whose Public? Questions of Spatial Justice in a Time of Public Breaking
Whose Public? Questions of Spatial Justice in a Time of Public Breaking By Guest Author Lori Lobenstine About the Author: […]
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“Small Steps: Dances of Resilience” Premieres Sept. 9-11
Small Steps: Dances of Resilience Documentary from MAPC Artist-in-Residence Hortense Gerardo premieres September 9, 10, & 11 In the beginning, […]
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Artists Step Up: Crisis Management and the Creative Sensibility
Artists Step Up: Crisis Management and Creative Sensibility Header Photo Credit: Jason Cruz Where a Covid response is innovative and […]
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Everyday Unrealities: A Call for Creative Planning
Artists: Cedric Douglas and Julz Roth Photographer: Rob Larsen Everyday Unrealities: A Call for Creative Planning A reflection by Arts […]
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