ULI Northwest Arkansas 2024 Place Summit

The 2024 Place Summit theme, "Regional Connectivity: Distinct Communities, A Shared Future," aims to foster crucial conversations about preserving our beloved sense of place amid rapid growth in our region and neighboring communities. 

We will tackle the serious challenges and opportunities around Infrastructure, Housing, Transportation, Art, Sustainability and so much more. 

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I Am Northwest Arkansas Podcast Interview

Host Randy Wilburn welcomes Alison Sant to discuss her keynote at the ULI Northwest Arkansas Place Summit.

Queens’ 34th Avenue Shows What Open Streets Can Do For People

Op-Ed. “The 34th Avenue Open Street shows how urban roads can be repurposed to make a more livable city. Even more, it is an example of how communities must lead these efforts so that streets reflect a common vision for what communities care about.”

Terre Verde: Creating Resilient Cities

Earth Island Journal editor, Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with Alison Sant about the many pathways towards reinventing our cities to be regenerative and equitable.

Smithsonian Earth Optimism X Folklife Festival

Livelihoods and Landscapes, a Panel discussion

ThreeSixtyCity Podcast Featuring Alison Sant

Host Greg Lindsay interviews Alison Sant about her book From the Ground Up.

From the Ground Up

Named one of the best books of 2022 by the American Society of Landscape Architects and Planetizen

Pedal In!

Created for the opening of The Commons, a public gathering space at the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Studio hosted a public bike ride featuring a series of talks focused on bicycling as a way of claiming public space from our city streets to our parklands.

Field Lab

As Designers-In-Residence at the Exploratorium, the Studio for Urban Projects created a Field Lab along the San Francisco waterfront to examine the effects of sea-level rise in the San Francisco Bay. Over the course of a month, the Field Lab was a venue for public discussions, hands-on workshops, a research library, and film screenings.

Public Orchard

An architectural pavilion and public park programmed with a series of talks, workshops, film screenings exploring food security, urban foodsheds, and public space created for the 01SJ Biennial.