Founder and Principal Max Musicant is a placemaking thought leader and practitioner. He has presented to organizations across disciplines about topics ranging from design and open space, to entrepreneurship and public policy.

​Past speaking topics have included:

• Friendly Front Yards - A new placemaking tool to build community
• Placemaking as a Design Tool
• Placemaking Your Neighborhood
• Placemaking as an Economic Development Tool
• Rediscovering and Shaping Our Public Realm
• Transformative Placemaking for Any Space
• The Dollars and Sense of Placemaking for Retailers, Main Streets, and Shopping Centers
• Creating New Value in Office Buildings: Placemaking in Common Areas and Atriums
• Faith and Place
• Winter Placemaking Strategies and Tactics​​​

Past speaking engagements include:

• 333 South 7th Street
• AIA MN Annual Convention, 2015 & 2016
• Augsburg College
• Bush Foundation/BushConnect Conference 2015 & 2016
• CBRE Global Investors Group
• City of Minneapolis – Community Connections Conference
• City of Hopkins
• City of Robbinsdale
• City of Shakopee Chamber of Commerce
• City of Woodbury
• City of Willmar – Training sponsored by Preservation MN Main Street program
• Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
• Cushman Wakefield Minnesota
• East Town Business Partnership
• Economic Development Association of Minnesota Winter Conference
• ESG Architects
• Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. : Planning and Landscape Architecture
• Hopkins Civic and Business Association Annual Meeting
• Knight Foundation
• Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
• Minnesota Shopping Center Association (MSCA)
• Minnesota APA Conference
• Nicollet East Harriet Business Association (Experience Southwest)
• People's Liberty Foundation of Cincinnati
• Perkins + Will Architects - Minneapolis
• Proximity Project’s Zip Code Calling Conference
• Reimagining the Winter City Conference (Minneapolis)
• St. Paul District Councils
• Strong Towns National Conference
• Transit for Livable Communities
• United Properties
• Urban Currants - The Cunningham Group
• Urban Land Institute of MN (ULI)
• Welsh Colliers
• Westminster Presbyterian Church
• Winter Cycling Congress

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What audiences are saying about Max Musicant:

​"Max was incredibly insightful and inspiring. I can’t stop thinking about Desire Pathways and semi-enclosed spaces and what that means in all areas of our lives."

​“This was one of the best MSCA programs that I have attended.”

“This program far exceeded my expectations."

“Placemaking” was not a term that I am familiar with, but I felt like I learned a lot and that this was a valuable use of my time. Max was a very engaging speaker and I felt like time flew by.”

“It was awesome.  Thank you for bringing this to us!”

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