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James F. Lima will talk about “The Economics of Placemaking” here in Chattanooga - at The Camp House on Thursday, starting at 5:30 PM - for the CIVIQ speaker series hosted by Chattanooga Design Studio.

Next week here in Chattanooga, urban planner James F. Lima talks “The Economics of Placemaking” at The Camp House on Thursday, May 4th starting at 5:30 PM for the CIVIQ speaker series hosted by Chattanooga Design Studio. Here's the rest of our conversation with James.

As Chattanooga develops its Parks and Outdoors Plan, a national expert in parks will add his voice to the dialogue. Mitch Silver - a former commissioner for the New York City Parks Department - will be the next speaker at CIVIQ, the lecture series from Chattanooga Design Studio.

Hip-hop was born in the city - a cultural product of its socioeconomic time. Now, what first took shape as a music genre a half-century ago, and what it has inspired since, has something to say about cities today - and what cities can be. Bruzenskey Bois will talk about "Hip Hop Is New Urbanism" for the premiere of this fall's CIVIQ series here in Chattanooga, presented by Chattanooga Design Studio.

A new lethal driving board game has been launched by the team at Restoration Games providing a chance to play the classic battle racing game