Placemaking

Placemaking Resources

City Repair offers two great resources to help you reclaim public space and build community!

City Repair’s Placemaking Guidebook

Our best print resource for community-based projects such as Intersection Repair is called the Placemaking Guidebook. It includes physical examples, stories, techniques for community organizing and facilitation, and much more.

Inside:

  • How to paint an intersection, step-by-step
  • Detailed methods for communicating with your neighborhood
  • Sample agendas for meetings
  • Personal stories
  • Make your own block party
  • Resources

Transforming Spaces Into Places

This video (DVD) is a unique look into placemaking and citizen activation through intersection repair throughout Portland.  It equally inspires activists, community members and city officials about the process of recreating public gathering spaces and rebuilding community.  The video includes interviews with City Repair volunteers and co-founders, as well as commentary from several current and former Portland city commissioners.  The video runs 14min long and contains material not found in the 9min You-Tube version of the video.

Ordering Placemaking Tools

Our Placemaking Tools are available for sale.   All proceeds help us to continue to support communities like yours.

Placemaking Guidebook, $15-25 sliding scale

Transforming Space Into Place DVD, $10-15 sliding scale

Shipping:  Please add $3 for s/h for each item.

We ONLY accept orders in US funds.  Please do NOT send checks in foreign currencies, including Canadian Dollars.

US Orders: We are a very small team and it is easiest for us to process orders by personal check or money orders (US dollars only) via postal mail (see our mailing address at the very bottom of  the webpage).  Generally, you will receive your items quicker by this method.

Foreign orders: please contact us and we can arrange to accept US dollar transfers via PayPal.

Questions?  Contact us:  thecircle [at] cityrepair.org