Umberto Crenca, AS220 Founder Plenipotentiary, recently wrote a piece for CREATIVZ, an artist research project partnership between the Center for Cultural Innovation and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation, titled “WHO SETS THE AGENDA IN AMERICA’S NEW URBAN CORE?”.

To wit:

Creative placemaking needs more consideration of the people who are already part of a community and those of us promoting it need to think of cultural activity as an end in itself, not just a means to an end. What if we considered that the creative talent we need to create a vibrant place already exists locally, it just needs the conditions to grow and to be nurtured?

Check out the whole thing on CREATIVZ.US!