#STARTUP is now on Instagram!

After sharing our updates here on Bluesky, we’re moving to a platform that better suits our creative and visual storytelling.

Find our latest news, project highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram!

🔗 www.instagram.com/startup.eu/?...

This week's critical text comes from the Global Cultural Districts Network. A quick & crucial read!

globalculturaldistrictsnetwork.substack.com/p/show-dont-...

#placemaking

Porto’s street art paradox!

@rkleinca.bsky.social & Juan Manuel Bueno Carvajal’s “Street Art as a Paradox: Urban Regeneration and Tourist Attraction in Porto”.

📖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Street art transforms public space while driving tourism and gentrification.

#UrbanChange

The #STARTUP Newsletter is live!

Our first edition features our Dortmund consortium meet-up, an introduction to our creative partners, and the launch of our website — along with a preview of upcoming events.

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We’ve just returned from a wonderful few days in Dortmund for our STARTUP consortium meeting!

📣 And an exciting update: our first newsletter will be published this Tuesday! Sign up now at: lnkd.in/dmVxA6Dg

#STARTUP #CulturalPolicy #Community #Research #HorizonEurope

#CreativePlacemaking #Urbanism

We’re proud to officially introduce the STARTUP team!

STARTUP brings together 16 partners from across Europe, spanning universities, non-profit organisations, research centres, and cultural spaces, united by a shared commitment to sustainable cultural placemaking.
#NewEuropeanBauhaus #EU

Praesidia are the cultural strongholds that help to protect and grow collective urban futures.

Through our Placemaking Paradigm, STARTUP aims to more deeply embed various praesidia across Europe into urban ecosystems, for growth rooted in community values and local understandings.

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Another critical text on culture-led urbanism!

Jeff Hou’s “Bottom-Up Placemaking”.
📖 www.jstor.org/stable/48513...

This text reveals how reimagining public space is "leading to more creative use of spaces and more dynamic social relationships".

#CreativePlacemaking #NewEuropeanBauhaus #STARTUP

With midsummer just behind us, we're reminiscing on our recent trip to Stockholm 🇸🇪

These photos capture our trip to Konsthall C.

#STARTUPproject #HorizonEurope #NewEuropeanBauhaus #CreativePlacemaking #SustainableCities #Stockholm

More than just a buzzword, creative placemaking is a powerful tool for building close, resilient, and sustainable communities.

We're proud to embed the arts into the heart of urban planning, and to be part of a movement that sees creativity as essential infrastructure. 💡🏙️
#UrbanDevelopment

Horizon Europe Projects Coordinators attended the Horizon Europe Cluster 2 Coordinators’ Day, which took place in Brussels on May 20. Congratulations on the excellent organisation of the event in Brussels! #STARTUP #HorizonEurope

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Featuring the latest updates from our consortium and insights from our research, as well as news from around the world on culturally-based efforts to transform the urban space.

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This is the first in a series of posts aimed at building collective knowledge around culture-led urban regeneration.

We’re starting with Steven Miles and Ronan Paddison's “The Rise and Rise of Culture-led Urban Regeneration.”

📖 www.jstor.org/stable/43197...

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And it’s launched! 🚀
Thrilled to share that STARTUP is officially online. Many thanks to our brilliant Steering Committee who gathered in Stockholm last week to help shape what’s next. We look forward to expanding this online space dedicated to creative placemaking #STARTUP #Praesidia