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This Must Be The Place

February 16, 2026

 

This Must Be The Place is a bi-monthly newsletter sharing opportunities for placemaking professionals.

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Jobs

Title: Urban Greening Field Specialist
Organization: City of Long Beach
Location:
Long Beach, CA
Salary: $26.35 - $31.15/hour

Title: Site Planning Planner II - Planning and Development
Organization: City of Phoenix
Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Salary: $69.4k - $97.7k

Title: Director of Urban Land Use Strategy
Organization: Stamford Downtown
Location:
Stamford, CT
Salary: $95k - $115k

Title: Survey Manager (Temporary - 14 months)
Organization: Central Park Conservancy
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $89k - $100k

Title: Urban Designer
Organization: Mithun
Location:
Seattle, WA or San Francisco, CA (hybrid)
Salary: $31.25 - $35/hour

Title: Planning Leader, Cultural + Performing Arts
Organization: DLR Group
Location:
New York, NY (hybrid)
Salary: $120k - $150k

Title: Associate Urban Design Reviewer
Organization: City of Indianapolis
Location:
Indianapolis, IN
Salary: $51,355.20

Title: Operations Manager/Director
Organization: Community Builders
Location: Remote in Colorado
Salary: $60k - $85k

Title: Board Liaison and Executive Assistant
Organization: Friends of Waterfront Park
Location:
Seattle, WA (hybrid)
Salary: $64.8k - $73.6k

Title: Associate Director
Organization: Chinatown Community Land Trust
Location:
Boston, MA (hybrid)
Salary: $90k - $110k

Title: Commissioner of Parks
Organization: City of Binghamton
Location:
Binghamton, NY
Salary: $80,007.50

Title: VP of Public Space Operations
Organization: Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Salary: $130k - $145k

Title: Assistant Park Manager & Park Operations Coordinator
Organization: Little Island NYC
Location:
New York, NY
Salary: $80k - $85k & $52k

Title: Facilities Coordinator
Organization: Department of Youth and Community Development
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $62.8k – $97.5k

Title: Director of Community Impact Network
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Salary: $90k - $105k

Title: Marketing Coordinator
Organization: Center City District
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Salary: $23 - $25/hour

Title: Redevelopment Project Manager I
Organization: City of Pompano Beach
Location:
Pompano Beach, FL
Salary: $76.3k - $118k

Title: Park Worker 3 - Marsha P. Johnson State Park
Organization: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Salary: $42.6k - $52.4k

Title: Executive Director
Organization: Downtown Toledo Improvement District
Location:
Toledo, OH
Salary: $95k - $120k

Title: Program Officer
Organization: Levitt Family Foundation
Location:
Los Angeles, CA (hybrid)
Salary: $8,800 - $9,600/month

Title: Division Lead, External Affairs
Organization: East Bay Regional Park District
Location:
Oakland, CA
Salary: $169.9k - $227.7k

Title: Landscape Architecture / Urban Design Market Leader - Northern California
Organization: Alta Planning + Design
Location: Oakland, CA (hybrid)
Salary: $135k - $155k

Title: Operations & Events Coordinator
Organization: Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority
Location:
Delray Beach, FL
Salary: $60k - $65k

Title: Alternative Transportation Coordinator
Organization: City of Bloomington
Location:
Bloomington, IN
Salary: $69.4k - $90.3k

Title: Manager, Marketing + Communications
Organization: Prospect Park Alliance
Location:
Brooklyn, NY (hybrid)
Salary: $72k - $75k

Title: Reporter-Researcher
Organization: Providence Preservation Society
Location: Providence, RI
Salary: $55k - $62k

 

International Jobs

Title: Head Economy and Place
Organization: Randwick City Council
Location: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Salary: $130.6k - $150.2k

Title: Principal Strategic Planner
Organization: Surf Coast Shire Council
Location: Torquay, Victoria, Australia (hybrid)
Salary: $111.8k– $123.3k

Title: Urban Designer (Contract) & Community Programs Intern
Organization: City of Vaughan
Location: Vaughan, ON
Salary: $3,523.39 - $3,791.01/Bi-weekly & $22.50 - $22.50/hour

 

Internships, Fellowships & Calls

Internship: Planning Intern (Graduate Student)
Organization: City of Emeryville
Location: Emeryville, CA
Salary: $19.90 - $25/hour

Internship: Architectural Historian Intern
Organization: State of Vermont
Location: Montpelier, VT
Salary: $19.20/hour

Internship: Real Estate & Space Planning Intern
Organization: NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Location: Queens, NY
Salary: $17.93/hour

Internship: Summer Internships
Organization: Mithun
Location: Seattle, Los Angeles, or San Francisco
Salary: $29/hour

Internship: Planning and Urban Design Summer Intern
Organization: WRT
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Salary: $24 - $27/hour

RFP: RFP Open Streets Programming
Organization: Meatpacking District
Location: New York, NY

RFP: Make It in Brooklyn Ag Tech Pitch Contest
Organization: Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Location: Brooklyn, NY

 

Upcoming Events

Denver Placemakers Meetup
When: Thursday, February 19 | 5:30 - 7PM
Where: Improper City, 3201 Walnut Street
Register here

 

What I’m Reading

  1. Placemaking Is Dead, Long Live Placemaking! by Max Musicant and Shina Shayesteh, Practice of Place

  2. Why Americans Fortify Their Lives — And the Public Places That Can Heal the Divide Reimagining the Civic Commons

  3. The Great Downtown Renaissance by Diana Budds, Dwell

 
 
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