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Columbus, Indiana • Design excellence as civic practice
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From October 8–10, we welcomed civic leaders, designers, practitioners, and community partners to Columbus, Indiana, for Prove It: A National Summit on Design Excellence as Civic Practice.

The Prove It Summit wouldn't have been possible without the generous support and collaboration of our partners, especially the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the the Indiana Arts Commission (@inartscomm). Together with the State of Indiana, the Summit launched the Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership, an initiative that will continue evolving over the next two years.

The Prove It Summit Keynote was supported by Visit Columbus (@visitcolumbusin) and The City of Columbus, Indiana.

We are grateful to our speakers, participating communities, program committee, sponsors, volunteers, and everyone who contributed their time, knowledge, and energy to making this gathering possible.

Learn more at the website in our bio.

Photos by @hadleyfruits by @landmark.columbus

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Today, Columbus welcomes delegations from Michigan City, Muncie, Rushville, and Terre Haute as we launch the Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership together.

Columbus is a city of about 50,000 people in south-central Indiana. It has more than sixty buildings and public spaces of international design distinction, including work by Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei. For more than eighty years, this community has treated design as a civic practice. Over the next three days, we'll test what Columbus has learned alongside four partner cities and a national design faculty.

Tonight, the Summit opens with a free public keynote featuring Maurice Cox and Courtney Spearman, with remarks from U.S. Senator Todd Young. There's still time to join us. Reserve your free seat at the link in our bio.

The Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership is led by Landmark Columbus Foundation's Civic Design Institute in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Indiana Arts Commission.

Photos by: Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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Tomorrow, five Indiana cities come to Columbus to launch the Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership.

Michigan City sits on the Lake Michigan shoreline in northwest Indiana. It is home to about 32,000 people and Indiana's only operating lighthouse. Its historic downtown was shaped by nineteenth-century commerce and by recent waterfront revitalization.

The Summit opens with a free public keynote featuring Maurice Cox and Courtney Spearman, with remarks from U.S. Senator Todd Young. Reserve your free seat. Register at the link in our bio.

The Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership is led by Landmark Columbus Foundation's Civic Design Institute in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Indiana Arts Commission.

Photos by: Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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In two days, five Indiana cities come to Columbus to launch the Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership.

Rushville, the seat of Rush County in east-central Indiana, is a city of about 6,000 people. It is built around a courthouse square and a Main Street, and it has eight properties on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Summit opens with a free public keynote featuring Maurice Cox and Courtney Spearman, with remarks from U.S. Senator Todd Young. Reserve your free seat. Register at link in bio.

The Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership is led by Landmark Columbus Foundation's Civic Design Institute in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Indiana Arts Commission.

Photos by: Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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Design excellence in big cities and small towns: what makes it last?

Join Maurice Cox and Courtney Spearman for the free Prove It Keynote, opening Landmark Columbus Foundation's national summit on design excellence as civic practice.

Thursday, October 8, 5:30 PM
The Commons, Columbus, Indiana
Register at the link in our bio! by @landmark.columbus

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In three days, five Indiana cities come to Columbus to launch the Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership.

Terre Haute, the "Queen City of the Wabash," is home to about 58,000 people, Indiana State University, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Its downtown has grown around an arts corridor and restored historic theaters.

The Summit opens with a free public keynote featuring Maurice Cox and Courtney Spearman, with remarks from U.S. Senator Todd Young. Reserve your free seat: https://proveitkeynote.eventbrite.com/

The Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership is led by Landmark Columbus Foundation's Civic Design Institute in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Indiana Arts Commission.

Photos by: Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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Next week, five Indiana cities come to Columbus to launch the Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership. Over the coming days, we're introducing each one, starting with Muncie.

Muncie, in east-central Indiana, is home to about 65,000 people and Ball State University. The Walnut Street Historic District and the Carnegie Library anchor a downtown economy that is shifting toward health care, education, and retail.

We're glad to have Muncie at the table!

The Summit opens with a free public keynote featuring Maurice Cox and Courtney Spearman, with remarks from U.S. Senator Todd Young. Reserve your free seat using the link in our bio.

The Indiana Quality of Place Learning Partnership is led by Landmark Columbus Foundation's Civic Design Institute in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Indiana Arts Commission.

Photos by: Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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What does design excellence look like in large cities and in rural towns? Hear from Courtney Spearman at the inaugural Prove It Summit Keynote: Courtney is program manager for Building Common Ground: Fieldwork, a new national program giving rural and Tribal cultural organizations customized design and project development support, after more than a decade representing the design field at the National Endowment for the Arts.

The keynote is free and open to the public. Residents, students, designers, community leaders, and anyone curious about the future of their community, are welcome. Advanced registration is encouraged, link in our bio. by @landmark.columbus

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What does design excellence look like in large cities and in rural towns? Hear from Maurice D. Cox at the inaugural Prove It Summit Keynote: Maurice is the Emma Bloomberg Professor in Residence of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where his work merges architecture, design, and politics in pursuit of equitable urban development.

The keynote is free and open to the public. Residents, students, designers, community leaders, and anyone curious about the future of their community, are welcome.

Advanced registration is encouraged, link in our bio. by @landmark.columbus

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Last week, we led downtown tours for students from CSA New Tech High School as part of their American Dreams project.

Education is central to Landmark Columbus Foundation's work. We love to create opportunities for young people to understand how design and civic processes shape their community. Watching students connect history, place, and design in real time is exactly why this work matters.

📸@hadleyfruits by @landmark.columbus

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One of the ways our team learns together is by getting out of the office and experiencing other cities and landscapes. Last month, the Landmark Columbus team spent the day in Madison, Indiana, exploring its historic downtown and meeting some of the people who care for and shape it. We went on a trolley tour, learned about the music scene, walked the riverfront, and ate sliders at lunch. We had a great time! These visits give us a chance to see how other communities approach their work and bring new energy back with us.

📷 Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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How is Monument Circle used today? What does it mean to the people who gather there? Join us for The Monument Knows: Public Conversation No. 2 with Taylor Schaffer of @downtownindy and Blaine Zimmerman of @indychamber moderated by Sampson Levingston of @walkandtalkindy. Together, we’ll explore the Monument as a place of reverence, protest, celebration, and everyday life, followed by a walking tour of the Circle.

→ Monday, September 28 @ Indy Chamber at Salesforce Tower. Doors at 4:30 p.m., Program at 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Advance registration required. Link in bio.
📷 Hadley Fruits by @landmark.columbus

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