National Alliance of Commuity Economic Development Associations (NACEDA) serves as a national convener of the community development sector since 2015. They aim to make creative placemaking a frontline strategy for community developers. Through their support, they encourage their members to use arts and cultural strategies to improve physical and social character of places. “Artists have engaged neighborhoods in development plans. CDCs became arts advocates. Banks became arts investors. NACEDA networks throughout the country began thinking how artists and cultural strategies could enhance the impact of traditional community development.”