Ryan Salzman is an Evangelist for Placemaking

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/democracy-paradox-justin-kempf-HpXS_vrFYJ7/">Democracy Paradox</a> (LS 27 &middot; TOP 10% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/6e5f1c861bae493c877a5aea6ce1609f/">Ryan Salzman is an Evangelist for Placemaking</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-03-09<br><br><img src="https://cdn-images-1.listennotes.com/podcasts/democracy-paradox-justin-kempf-VxP_hkS48OL-HpXS_vrFYJ7.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br><p>Like so many things we're coming to grips with now in the 21st century, we're realizing that the 20th century was the anomaly. We feel like what was happening in the first 20 years of the 21st century that that was the anomaly. But it's not. The 20th century was the anomaly. And there's a temptation among policymakers to say, ‘But this is how it's always been.’ No. Wrong.</p><p>Ryan Salzman</p><p>A full transcript is available at <a href="https://democracyparadox.com/2021/03/09/placemaking-in-21st-century-america-podcast-38/">www.democracyparadox.com</a>.<br><br>I live in Carmel, Indiana and in May The Farmers’ Market opens. It’s in a small public space between a concert hall called The Palladium and the Booth Tarkington Theatre. The Monon Bike Trail runs alongside it and there is bike parking sponsored by the Mayor’s Youth Council. Live bands play in the center of the market. In the winter, the same space is used for an n outdoor ice skating rink surrounded by a German Christkindlmarkt. This is what Ryan Salzman describes as placemaking.&nbsp;</p><p>Placemaking does not just transform public spaces. It expands them. Placemaking changes how we experience our community and establishes new landmarks. And whether we want to admit it or not, this is political. Placemaking involves the creation and distribution of public goods.&nbsp;</p><p>Local governments make decisions over whether to embrace or prevent placemakin