Keep your friends close. And your enemies closer.
Aside from being marketable, historically proven models of coding and development do right by the community. That's the true irony when well-considered, smart initiatives are derailed — frequently — by knee-jerk community opposition. Beyond being time-consuming and expensive, this type of resistance has the power to kill good ideas.

At PlaceMakers, we make strategic outreach a key part of our a Meaningful Visioning process. Through a variety of communications and marketing tactics, we engage communities up front on a human level to address the root problem - fear of the unknown - and secure support through better understanding.

These efforts reach their pinnacle during the PlaceMakers iCharrette - online, daily charrette coverage engineered to both maximize the marketing value of the proceedings and serve as a critical information feed for media engaged through our PR initiatives.

Want to check it out? Here are four we've archived, as of their final charrette posting:
What's New on State Street
Early County 2055
The Daily NUws
The Mississippi Renewal Forum