Inspiring Raleigh residents

to create joyful community places!

  • We invite our fellow Raleighites out to meet, play and create together,

  • to make YOUR place come alive with street dinners, porchfests,

  • block parties, festivals, play streets,

  • hip hop battles, pop-up playgrounds, or more permanent ways to enhance your neighborhood.

  • What ideas do YOU have? We want to hear from you!

We believe there is HUGE untapped potential in Raleigh’s people and places, that residents themselves, if invited, can add much life to our city, from the BOTTOM-UP.

We want to make the path to citizen-led neighborhood activation and improvement more clear, accessible and fun!

Check out our FREE Lending Library of placemaking materials.

This website is meant to help you activate and enjoy your neighborhood, to make where you live better, and most of all, to CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS.

(Brandon McCrimmon of the Raleigh  Rockers break dancing above)

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” - Jane Jacobs

PLACEMAKING RALEIGH is an initiative of PLACEMAKING STUDIO and is made possible by grants from : the NC AIA ACTIVATE program and the C.O.R. Appearance Commission. We are also proud to partner with the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Oaks & Spokes and various neighborhood associations, groups, and individuals.