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The Vision is Yours 2026: Placemaking Placekeeping Conference

The University of Maryland Architecture Building (145 ARC)

4:00pm • Placemaking as an Essential Practice: Building Thriving Communities

College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Joe's Movement Emporium - Lobby

8:00am • Welcome, Registration, & Networking

Joe's Movement Emporium - Main Theater

9:00am • Opening Plenary: Public Joy as Civic Infrastructure
10:30am • Stories Are Infrastructure: How Narrative, Movement, and Memory Build Place
2:45pm • The Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail - The story of Creating, Activating and Extending this trail to reconnect communities
4:15pm • INDELIBLE: Cultivating Community Through Music - A Screening and Q&A with filmmaker Antonio Hernandez

Joe's Movement Emporium - Parking Lot

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 1

10:15am • Resource Room

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 2

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 3

miXt Food Hall

College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

8:00am • Morning Shuttle (Hotel to Venue)

Joe's Movement Emporium - Lobby

8:00am • Welcome & Registration

Joe's Movement Emporium - Main Theater

Joe's Movement Emporium - Parking Lot

12:15pm • Transportation & Guided Walks

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 1

8:30am • Resource Room

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 2

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 3

Mount Rainier Nature Center

Mount Rainier Nature Center Entrance (31st & Arundel Rd)

Mount Rainier Nature Center Parking Lot

Mount Rainier Nature Center Recreation Room