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Home
In the News
In the News
Co-Founders
Jim Ross, Co-Director Monica Williams, Co-Director
Newslettters
UN World Creativity & Innovation
UN World Creativity & Innovation Day/Week UN WCID Design Charrette 2024-25 Co-Design for Taylor Swift Eras Tour Detroit 2023 UN World Cities Day
Digital Media & Learning / Child Friendly Cities
Digital Design Thinking & Cities for Kids
Events
Earth Day Detroit to Pontiac
Earth Day 50 Pontiac Earth Day 51 Pontiac Earth Day 52 Pontiac Earth Day 53 Detroit
Parking Day Detroit to Pontiac
Park(ing) Day Pontiac Parking(ing) Day Pontiac 2021 Park(ing) Day Pontiac 2022 Park(ing) Day “Detroit to Pontiac” 2023 Park(ing) Day 2024 Meets UNESCO City of Design Meets UN World Creativity & Innovation Day Park(ing) Day Detroit to Pontiac 2024 15 Minute Neighborhood SMART Bus Tour w/ Placemaking US Road Trip phinco.org/parkingday25
Mama Ravin's Memorial Tribute & Herbal Walk & Talk Program Reimagined
Herbal Walk & Talk with Mama Ravin
1 Minute Testimonials, Confirmations etc. to PHINCO Design
Phoenix Center
Future of Work & Play Design Brochure Phoenix Center PHIN-CO Design PHIN-CO Opportunity Zones Prospectus Phoenix Center PHIN-CO L3C & Clearvision Deal Tim Greimel’s Letter to City of Pontiac Pontiac Candidates Debate
PHINCO Digital Visual Design & Systems Thinking Sensemaking Platform
Research & Development
Reimagining Education Evidence Based Design
PHINCO "Holonomy" Design Overview
Bookshelf
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Meeting before "Design Jam" walking tour @ Webber Media Arts Academy

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On NEW Ideas

Overview of our time at 4 N. Saginaw, downtown Pontiac (7 years). The initiatives co-created at this site are LIVE & DIGITAL, connected to public places & spaces.

Our works in progress, documented here, require great RISK! (Still controversial…)

Our works in progress, documented here, have required great RISK! (Still controversial…)

We are participating as a “Demonstrator Project” in the Newham Policy Lab, and London Strategy & Policy Network

We served as a Case Study for a PhD dissertation by Lindsay Oluyede, PhD, AICP, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. This covered our work on “Regional Transportation” as applied to our 2016-17 “Design Thinking” & Community Codesign engagement with SMART (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation).

We hosted a video-conference program for the 3rd International Placemaking Week, October 2nd. 2019 that took place in Chattanooga, TN. A result of a three year learning exchange where we’ve explored possibilities around the development of a sister-c…

We hosted a video-conference program for the 3rd International Placemaking Week, October 2nd. 2019 that took place in Chattanooga, TN. A result of a three year learning exchange where we’ve explored possibilities around the development of a sister-city like relationship and/or learning exchange.

Serving as one of five originating National Street Service Pilot Cities. Credited in the NSS Field Guide for having developed a new model for working with small and distressed urban cities.

Serving as one of five originating National Street Service Pilot Cities, funded by Ford Motor company. Credited in the NSS Field Guide for having developed a new model for working with small and distressed urban cities.

AERA Toronto 2019 Conference Presentation: “Trauma and Resilience in Pontiac.” We contributed our “Digital Design Thinking” platform as a programming element to the effort to understand and heal trauma in our community.

AERA Toronto 2019 Conference Presentation: “Trauma and Resilience in Pontiac.” We contributed our “Digital Design Thinking” platform as a programming element to the effort to understand and heal trauma in our community, where pre-pandemic over 80% of children in Pontiac Schools children were suffering.

Our OU / Pontiac Initiative Early Childhood Education (OUPIECE) presented on the "Resilience Screenings Initiative" at the AERA Conference - "Leveraging Education Research in a Post-Truth Era:" bit.ly/2uUQe8i -

Session: bit.ly/ResilienceAERAToronto3 Leave a sticky note here: http://bit.ly/resiliencedesign

The Messy Business of Social Context: Thoughts on the Phoenix Center. A summary of our efforts during the controversial Phoenix Center demolition project.

"Design Walk" a community-based learning, STEAM placemaking program.

Pontiac Holonomy Incubator Newsletter

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As part of the global, open source Park(ing) Day placemaking event, Pontiac celebrated at the intersection of Saginaw and Pike streets and in the "Hub & Grub" development concept for 2 N. Saginaw to serve as a community planning center and eatery.

Ottawa Towers Open House, September 19, 2015

Ottawa Towers Open House, September 19, 2015

Original Pontiac Plan with vision for the "Project" which became the Ottawa Towers/Phoenix Center/Transportation Center (this concept was originally adopted via a community led campaign that rejected a proposed shopping mall development for the land…

Original Pontiac Plan with vision for the "Project" which became the Ottawa Towers/Phoenix Center/Transportation Center (this concept was originally adopted via a community led campaign that rejected a proposed shopping mall development for the land left vacant due to disastrous Urban Renewal policies of the 1950's)

Mobile Digital Art - Partnership

Mobile Digital Art - Partnership