Traditional business strategy is based on competition for scarce resources—as exemplified in Michael Porter’s iconic Porter’s Five Forces analysis and as extended to non-profit management by Sharon ...

That’s called gentrification, and it’s an unwanted consequence that experts say is a real concern as the Lawrence Arts Center pursues a prestigious “creative placemaking” grant.

All of this typically paves the way for some form of creative placemaking, but I confess to a certain level of discomfort with the term, which seems to suggest places can be made to order.