In this edition of Community Playmaker, the Placemaking Issue, we examine how leaders are informing the inward and outward perceptions of their beloved cities. We’ll look at how sports and recreation drive community identity in places like Indianapolis, Indiana, and Round Rock, Texas. We take you to the sky, the stage, and the downtown to show how leaders in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Tulsa, Oklahoma are driving visitors to their communities without the benefit of natural amenities. We also profile Bill Bell, the former mayor of Durham, North Carolina who met the challenge of transforming his blighted city through a focus on arts and a game-changing project, the Durham Performing Arts Center.