Placemaking is the process of creating environments that support the well-being of inhabitants, with sensitivity to humanistic values including inclusiveness and sensory experience. While often discussed in the context of public places, placemaking principles can also be applied to nontraditional spaces such as interior commons. As an urban planner/social scientist for over two decades, Michele King has been engaged in facets of placemaking. King also studies placemaking phenomena through her creative practice and collaborates with architects, designers and others. Please email michele.king@gmail.com to Inquire about collaboration opportunities.

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This is a space where I share news, reflections, observations, conversations, ideas, feelings, and whatever feels like it needs to come out of the shadows and be celebrated, accepted or simply heard. The content is not limited to what other people may or may not find interesting or useful. This is a journal that goes as far as I am comfortable sharing my work in progress, projects, raw ideas, interactions with others, world views and my inner life. This journal begins a year of letting go of clutter (broadly defined) and making space for a life where less is more. My year of letting go is largely motivated by a desire to hit “undo” and “reset” on how I relate to the world, others, and mostly to myself. More on this in the coming days.