Events, Workshops & Programs
From workshops to community events, Good Places Projects supports a growing network of community builders and innovators in Calgary, Alberta.
Fall
OCT 22
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Seeing Your Project Through
Participants will learn how to communicate project impact and look ahead of the grant application to leading a successful placemaking initiative through to the finish line. This workshop emphasizes storytelling, documentation, and sustaining long-term community benefit.
Winter
NOV 10
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Good Places HQ
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Winter Placemaking
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month’s discussion will focus on Winter Placemaking, bringing warmth, light, and play to the winter months.
JAN 12
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Good Places HQ
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Gathering Spaces
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month’s discussion will focus on Gathering Spaces: seating, belonging, and bringing people in. We will explore how design, mobility, and surroundings can impact how we stay in place, and how we can test these ideas in our own community spaces.
JAN 14
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Ideation and Visioning
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. The first webinar, Ideation and Visioning, will help you identify community needs, and co-develop bold ideas that reflect local identity and aspirations. This workshop focuses on how to enhance existing ideas, or build ideas based on observations, transforming them into a clear project vision.
JAN 28
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Concept Development and Engagement
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. This webinar, Concept Development and Engagement, will explore ways to develop a broad project idea into a more detailed depiction using visual tools and precedents. Discover how to use visuals to aid in storytelling as you meaningfully engage neighbours, volunteers, and interested parties.
FEB 9
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Good Places HQ
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Public Art
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month’s discussion will focus on Public Art: culture-building, storytelling, and logistics.
FEB 11
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Planning and Budgeting
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. This webinar, Planning and Budgeting, will break down building a simple project plan, identifying project scope, and developing a project budget.
FEB 25
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Seeing Your Project Through
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. This webinar, Seeing Your Project Through, explores how to communicate project impact and look past the planning phase to leading a successful placemaking initiative through to the finish line. This workshop emphasizes storytelling, documentation, and sustaining long-term community benefit.
Spring
MAR 9
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Good Places HQ
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Community Greening
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month we will discuss forms of community greening: from guerilla gardening, naturalization, planters to community gardens.
APR 8
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Ideation and Visioning
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. The first webinar, Ideation and Visioning, will help you identify community needs, and co-develop bold ideas that reflect local identity and aspirations. This workshop focuses on how to enhance existing ideas, or build ideas based on observations, transforming them into a clear project vision.
APR 13
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Venue TBD
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Streets, Pathways and Sidewalks
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month will focus on our streets, pathways and sidewalks, from Open Streets, Block Parties, Paint the Pavements to parklets.
APR 22
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Concept Development and Engagement
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. This webinar, Concept Development and Engagement, will explore ways to develop a broad project idea into a more detailed depiction using visual tools and precedents. Discover how to use visuals to aid in storytelling as you meaningfully engage neighbours, volunteers, and interested parties.
MAY 6
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Planning and Budgeting
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. This webinar, Planning and Budgeting, will break down building a simple project plan, identifying project scope, and developing a project budget.
MAY 11
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Venue TBD
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Parks
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month’s topic will be Parks: explore what’s possible in our parks and green spaces.
MAY 20
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Online
Placemaking Webinar: Seeing Your Project Through
Broken into a 4-part series, our Placemaking Webinars will explore how placemaking is used to build skills in community leadership, project management, and grant writing. Whether you are looking to apply for a Good Places grant or interested in testing out new ideas in your community, this series provides a framework to see your idea through from start to finish. Each workshop can also be taken as a standalone session. This webinar, Seeing Your Project Through, explores how to communicate project impact and look past the planning phase to leading a successful placemaking initiative through to the finish line. This workshop emphasizes storytelling, documentation, and sustaining long-term community benefit.
JUN 8
7:00pm - 8:00pm
In person
Venue TBD
Good Nights - Placemaking Community Conversations: Pla(y)cemaking
Join us for peer conversations centered around a different placemaking topic each month. Share your insights, learn from others, and be part of the placemaking movement in our city! This month will focus on play: recreation features, games, and playful ideas.
More Workshops!
The Federation offers consistent educational opportunities for community-based non-profits. Check out the Federation’s Workshop Calendar.
