Ben Schulman is an urbanist. For the last 15 years, Ben has been crafting - and implementing - design, development, communications, and creative capital strategies that unlock the inherent assets of place. His vast and varied work has been delivered across the academic, arts, culture, non-profit, and private sectors as a writer for and editor of numerous publications; a podcast and radio show host; lecturer and professor; director of communications for architecture, urban design, and fintech pioneers; and Vice President of a community development organization.
Ben fosters connections - between people, people and place, and history, culture, and the built environment - to cultivate strategies, plans, and collaborations with a deep network of practitioners to activate space. He has consulted on myriad projects with partners and clients including The American Institute of Architects (National), Atlas Community Studios, Ross Barney Architects, Office of Jonathan Tate, rePlace Urban Studio, and more. He served as the director of communications for the Congress for the New Urbanism and AIA Chicago, editor of Chicago Architect and NewCity Design, helped launch the equity crowdfunding platform, Small Change, and is a vice president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. Ben has taught, lectured, and spoken at various universities and untold conferences, and been recognized as both a Good Work Institute and Next City Vanguard Fellow.
With a deep-rooted passion to understand the dynamics of cities, Ben seeks to shape communities that thrive on connectivity, agency, and a defined sense of place.
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