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Reg Placemaking Article

REGIONAL PLACEMAKING FOR PROSPERITY IN THE NEW ECONOMY

Author: Soji Adelaja Date: 5/19/2008

The concept of placemaking is based on the principle that places can remake themselves if they have the vision, leadership, knowledge, tools and assets to do so. Placemaking is the use of strategic assets, talent attractors and sustainable growth levers to create attractive and sustainable high-impact, high-energy, high-amenity and high-income communities that can succeed in today's economy.

Dr. Soji Adelaja, director of the MSU Land Policy Institute, recently authored an article, titled "Regional Placemaking for Prosperity in the New Economy," published in the May 2008 edition of Michigan Township News, a publication of the Michigan Townships Association. The article looks at Old vs. New Economy and Regional Placemaking, with a Note on Rural Placemaking.