Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation

We are proud to release our latest report, Financing Creative Placemaking: Analyzing Data and Trends for a Field in Transition. The report analyzes the project budgets and narratives from grants made by three creative placemaking funders ArtPlaceAmerica, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Kresge Foundationbetween 2010 and 2019 to better understand existing funding streams and patterns in the financing of creative placemaking. View the interactive dashboard, read, and download the report here: https://bit.ly/37pJuDG

The Covid crisis has brought small business to its knees and without strong federal action, millions of small firms could be wiped out. This would forever change our Main Streets and alter the fabric of our communities. To save small business, the nation’s leading small business experts joined forces to perform the most comprehensive analysis of small business policy ever undertaken and craft a 5-point plan to rebuild the small business sector, revive entrepreneurship and close the racial wealth gap. Give the #BigIdeas4SmallBiz report a read: bit.ly/34UYqH9

On September 30 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM, Executive Director Harris Steinberg will take part in leading a conversation about the democratization of preservation hosted by Design Advocacy Group. Register for the talk here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whose-history-is-it-how-do-we-

Join us on September 30th from 4-5 PM for our third installment of Urban Strategy in the Present Tense, a conversation series featuring notable urbanists discussing urban resilience and the life of the city. We’ll be joined by Lindy Institute Urban Innovation Fellow, emergency physician, and public health specialist, Dr. Priya Mammen! Register here: https://bit.ly/3gu6an9 Stay after the conversation to learn more about Drexel’s Masters in Urban Strategy Program!

On September 9 at 5:30pm, Lindy Fellow Dr. Priya Mammen will moderate a discussion on The Health and Well Being of Philadelphia's Children, and discuss findings from the report Growing Up, Philly. Register for the virtual event here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PG5g0hmgSM6V1U-uxW_42Q