'Community pantries are a form of placemaking' Written by Ragene Andrea L. Palma Updated Apr 21, 2021 4:24:44 PM enablePagination: false endIndex: Community pantries are a form of placemaking, which, in the language of planning and urban studies, means creating places for general welfare by tapping community potential. Photo by JL JAVIER Ragene Palma is an urbanist and researcher. She studied MA International Planning and Sustainable Development at the University of Westminster as a Chevening scholar. She also immersed in Northampton, Massachusetts to study placemaking and public spaces thr...