{"id":70690,"date":"2025-08-21T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=70690"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:58:44","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-089-global-ideas-for-local-placemaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/08\/21\/podcast-spacing-radio-089-global-ideas-for-local-placemaking\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 089, Global ideas for local placemaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we bring you the highlights from Global Placemaking Summit which took place in March at Evergreen in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>First, we drill down into the meaning to the term with some of the event organizers: Placemaking Canada&#8217;s Andrew Pask, Evergreen&#8217;s T.J. 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