CREATIVE PLACEMAKING FROM THE COMMUNITY UP
Creative Placemaking from the Community Up brought together a national cohort of groups through a shared set of values including equity, racial justice, and self determination, and the overall goal of advancing social justice in our communities. Their approach to learning is from the community up, drawing on deep reservoirs of local experience and knowledge and making connections between our communities. They collected several resources including case studies, webinars, toolkits pertaining to their work on cross sector collaborations, peer exchanges and skill building workshops, participatory planning and cultural mapping, thematic convenings, and presentations at local and national conferences. 

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
An introduction to ArtPlace's vision of Creative Placemaking by ArtPlace Director Jamie Bennett as part of the Investment Review from the San Francisco Fed.

CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION: ARTS, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES
To explore the role of arts and culture in transforming public housing communities, NOCD-NY convened a diverse range of residents for a roundtable in July 2015. Drawing on interviews carried out in the field, Creative Transformation: Arts, Culture and Public Housing Communities was designed to showcase exemplary partnerships that illustrated equitable, long-term approaches, identify barriers and challenges, develop recommendations and discuss how to move them into action, and more. 

CREATIVITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
In collaboration with the Social Impact of the Arts Project of the University of Pennsylvania (SIAP), this report has been examining the ways creative activity, specifically community-based arts and culture, can play a role in neighborhood revitalization and lays out steps for building an integrative vision of creativity and neighborhood revitalization.

CROSSING THE STREET
This initiative seeks to foster relationships between residents in rapidly transitioning neighborhoods. Crossing the Street launched in early 2016 with a focus on creating fun and inclusive experiences in neighborhoods across the city. The projects were designed to build community in areas that are experiencing rapid change, using arts and culture to activate space, foster conversation and collaboration and highlight and support existing neighborhood assets. 

CULTURE MAPPING 90404
Facilitated by 18th Street Arts Center, Culture Mapping 90404 is a community produced map highlighting the history and cultural assets of the Pico neighborhood. Cultural assets are people, places, events and organizations, both past and present, that serve as cultural anchors within this community. In collaboration with the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, they have trained community volunteers to document cultural resources, memories, and histories in the Pico neighborhood of Santa Monica. ACTA has a successful record of creating culturally sensitive and meaningful cultural asset maps with diverse communities across Southern California.