Pursuit of Place
June 23 – 25, 2026
Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
The Future of Placemaking
IN Pursuit of
place Summit
An immersive, hands-on conference designed
for Placemakers.
About the Summit
The Pursuit of Place Summit is a three-day, fully immersive experience held at the historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 23-25, 2026.
Designed to be hands-on, participants can expect engaging sessions, immersive tours, and opportunities to collaborate on the future of placemaking.
This summit was made possible by a grant from the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD).
Registration Opens in Spring 2026
Why Should You Attend?
- Examine principles that guide ethical and effective community engagement around place.
- Apply techniques to support the creation of community narratives.
- Investigate the dynamics of stewarding community partnership and empowerment.
- Examine urban and rural place actions and impacts.
- Identify frameworks for successful place governance and infrastructure development.
- Analyze approaches for co-design and activation.
- Integrating knowledge and action for long-term positive community change.
- Identify research and evaluation tools for community-based projects.
- Investigate strategies and practices for community place action programs.
Placemaking in Action: Immersive Place Tours
Experience placemaking through immersive tours in three distinct settings.
Titletown Tour
Explore how the Green Bay Packers organization is partnering with businesses and the community to create a unique placemaking effort that includes housing, entertainment, dining, medical, offices, and public spaces. All summit attendees will share a unique placemaking experience together that will kick-off a summit of thought-provoking experiences.
Urban or Rural Placemaking Tour
Held concurrently, Summit participants may select between either an urban or rural placemaking tour.
Urban Tour: Broadway District
An immersive investigation and dialogue about how local businesses and organizations are transforming the Broadway District in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The purpose of this tour is to provide an example of urban placemaking for participants to examine and initiate dialogue.
Rural Tour: Bailey’s Harbor
Develop an understanding of how Extension is helping rural communities through placemaking. The purpose of this tour is to provide an example of Extension’s rural placemaking work to spark discussion about roles, methods, and impacts.
Broadway District, Green Bay
Bailey’s Harbor, Door County
Who Should Attend?
Extension Professionals
Educators and specialists involved in community development, livability, quality-of-life, youth development, and other placemaking or place-based programming.
Placemaking Practitioners
Professionals involved in community design, placemaking, planning, and other place-based work.
Community Changemakers
Local leaders, volunteers, grassroots organizations, and others involved in improving community and place-based efforts.
Lodging & Logistics
The Pursuit of Place Summit will be held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the historic Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.
More details on lodging forthcoming.
Call for Proposals Forthcoming
Pursuit of Place seeks sessions that address harnessing the transformative power of place action within rural communities and bridge the gaps and identify the overlaps within the place action realms of place knowing, place keeping, and place management, as well as the placemaking realms of tactical, creative, strategic, cultural and community placemaking. Sessions should have broad place action and place realm relevance.
Meet Our Organizers & Sponsors
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