
Popken PopUps
& Community Engagement
We've changed our name - Popken Development is now Popken PopUps!
We Are Storytellers.
The places we love - and love to create - with their strong networks of inclusive acquaintanceships and engaging urban design create an ideal backdrop for local economic development and deeper, fuller community.
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We are experts at building community - we bring a deep understanding of the ways people and places can create thriving, healthy, and well-connected daily lives for all. We support strategies that develop sustainable economic development to build resilient neighborhoods and cities.
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Our work carefully considers environmental impact as well as social impact of creating inclusive community spaces. Our project framework, with these considerations, enhances the lasting connections among locals, visitors, and a place itself.
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Popken PopUps is a Woman-owned business and Certified DBE by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
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We are an award-winning community engagement firm specializing in creative engagement, placemaking, and tactical urbanism. We align a toolbox of urban planning and sustainable development strategies within our community engagement framework to build resilient neighborhoods and places people love.
THE TEAM
Amanda holds a Masters in City & Regional Planning and is accredited as a CNU-A professional from the Congress for the New Urbanism and LEED-AP certified from the US Green Building Council. She serves on the Dallas Plan Commission and on the Boards of CNU-North Texas and the Atlantic Housing Foundation. her expertise includes a diversity of roles from creative and "niche" engagement to community-wide public meetings, including public space activations and temporary demonstrations, popup retail, zoning consultation, neighborhood strategic planning, multi-modal transportation events and infrastructure demonstrations, and local entrepreneur cultivation.

Amy Albright
Transportation Planner
Amy @ popkenpopups.com

AMANDA POPKEN
CEO
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amanda @ popkenpopups.com