Ethan Kent works to support public space organizations, projects, and leadership around the world to build
a global placemaking movement. Ethan has traveled to more than
1000 cities, in 65 countries, to advance the cause of leading urban development with inclusive public spaces and placemaking. In 2019 he co-founded PlacemakingX to network, amplify and accelerate placemaking leadership and impact globally. Ethan has helped initiate and grow 30+ regional placemaking networks covering much of the globe, while also supporting the
PlacemakingUS network, and the
Social Life Project.He builds on more than 25 years of working on placemaking projects and campaigns with
Project for Public Spaces. Ethan has been integral to the development of placemaking as a transformative approach to
economic development,
environmentalism,
transportation planning,
governance,
resilience,
social equity,
design,
placekeeping,
digital space,
inclusion,
tourism and
innovation.Ethan has keynoted well over 100 top urbanism conferences and helped organize dozens of
the placemaking conferences that have most shaped the movement.
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