Jonathan Berk of Patronicity
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On this episode I\\u2019m speaking with Jonathan Berk. Since 2016 he\\u2019s served as a Director at the Detroit-based placemaking startup Patronicity, and their new Placemaking Advisory firm, Bench Consulting, supporting hundreds of community-driven placemaking projects across the country. Jonathan is also the co-founder of Retail Reimagined, an organization leveraging creative collaborations and innovative solutions to bring a new vibrancy to vacant storefront spaces and main streets.
\\nJonathan is a placemaker and New Urbanist in every sense of the word with a voracious appetite for studying and learning about new methods of community and economic development from around the world. His focus remains on building vibrant communities that foster connectivity and creativity and support a thriving, healthy downtown, small business ecosystem and community.
\\nHe currently sits on the local advisory board of Leading Cities, a global leader in Smart City solutions, city diplomacy and collaboration advancing sustainability and resilient city strategies and technologies.
\\nRelated links for this episode:
\\n\\xb7 Patronicity
\\n\\xb7 Bench Consulting
\\n\\xb7 Building Boston
\\n\\xb7 Jonathan on Twitter
\\n\\xb7 Peers Inc (book)
\\n\\xb7 Walkable City (book)
\\n\\xb7 The Death and Life of Great American Cities (book)
\\n\\xb7 Happy City (book)
\\n\\xb7 Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity (book)
\\n\\xb7 Mike Lydon at Street Plans
\\n\\xb7 Jeff Speck
\\n\\xb7 Al Wilson at Beyond Walls
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