South Pittsburg, Tennessee, headquarters. of Lodge Cast Iron skillet makers, hosts the annual National Cornbread Festival. (Photo by Michael Harding / Miles2Go) Wrapping up a planning session with a ...

The city of Ellsworth was one of 17 communities nationwide to be selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for a program that training in rural design and creative placemaking, coaching on ...

Rural economic development depends on attracting and keeping community members and creating an inviting place for them to call home. Placemaking is a great way to bring vibrancy to rural communities, ...

Architects from TBD Studio joined with architects from Leo A Daly’s Minneapolis office to turn community input into a design book presented to the community. (Photo ...

The Rural Placemaking Studio is a partnership between the IU ServeDesign Center at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and the IU Center for Rural Engagement. The initiative helps rural ...

In Lanesboro, Minn., they are making the whole town into an art center. An organization in rural Wisconsin, Wormfarm Institute, organizes an "Art D-Tour" where visitors from the region as well as from ...

Fifteen rural Indiana organizations will collaborate with Indiana University for the 2026 Rural Placemaking Studio to bring ...

On Thursday, students and community members alike celebrated the completion of a collaborative placemaking art and design project that transformed rural downtowns across south and central Indiana at ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Community members in a small town in Minnesota were looking for ways to create a ...