Ethan Kent (The Executive Director of PlacemakingX) is talking about PlacemakingX as a global network of leaders who together accelerate placemaking as a way to create healthy, inclusive, and beloved communities. The vision is to make the spaces we live into places we love. Create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable world through the convergence of values, passion, and action around our public spaces. We are talking about the situation now during COVID19 and also what is the future of placemaking in smart cities. Be a placemaker and join the network https://www.placemakingx.org/   Ethan Kent works to support placemaking organizations, projects, and leadership around the world, to build a global placemaking movement that builds systemic change towards place-led urbanization. In 2019 he co-founded PlacemakingX to network and accelerate placemaking for global impact. Ethan has more than two decades of experience working on public spaces and placemaking campaigns with Project for Public Spaces, traveling to more than 1000 cities and towns, and 60 countries. Ethan has been integral to the development of placemaking as a transformative approach to economic development, environmentalism, transportation planning, governance, resilience, social equity, design, digital space, and innovation. Note !  The sound quality of #UrbanisticaPodcast s' episodes that are recorded during #COVID19 time might not be perfect. Due to the online recording and the use of different types of microphones by guests and #MustafaSherif. Thank you so much for understanding and listening. Stay safe !  For sponsoring citylife.mustafa@gmail.com Facebook events https://www.facebook.com/urbanistica.podcast   Visit my homepage for other projects/collaborations https://mustafasherif.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.