What is crowdsourced placemaking? A beta community? Creatives, VIBEs, third places, scenes, natural cultural districts…?  All of that is explained in one definitive 13-page document, the CoolTown visual guide to crowdsourced placemaking and economic development, Crowdsourcing Cool Places for Creatives, published by CoolTown Beta Communities.

The table of contents:
The conflict: Cities are hitting a wall
Where creatives are attracted to
Third places, events and scenes
Identifying the problem

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What exactly is crowdsourced placemaking?

Crowdsourcing - “the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.“ Alternatively, “the application of open source principles to fields outside of software,“ as defined by the official crowdsourcing blog and book, Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business by Jeff Howe. Also, check

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