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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. 

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Amy Albright

Transportation Planner

 

Amy @ popkenpopups.com

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AMANDA POPKEN

CEO

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amanda @ popkenpopups.com

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