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CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand Celebrates 18 Years in Business
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand Selected for Ketchikan Pedestrian Wayfinding Project
SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand Opens New Office in Downtown Salida, Colorado
AUGUST 2, 2026
MARKETPLACE • PRESS
CivicBrand Founder Featured on Marketplace
MAY 28, 2026
GJEP • SPEAKING ↗
Western Colorado Economic Summit: The Power & Responsibility of Place—Keynote by Ryan Short
MARCH 25, 2026
DMOU • PODCAST ↗
Going Beyond Place Branding to Achieve a Civic Brand
MARCH 4, 2026
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand Expands Research Capabilities with CivicBrand SIGNAL
FEBRUARY 23, 2026
ACTIVE TOWNS • PODCAST ↗
CivicBrand Founder Ryan Short on the Active Towns Podcast
JANUARY 16, 2026
STRONG TOWNS • PODCAST
CivicBrand founder Ryan Short featured on Strong Towns podcast
DECEMBER 3, 2025
CITIZEN ONE • PODCAST ↗
The Civic Brand: Reclaiming the Honest Soul of the City
NOVEMBER 25, 2025
GOOD TRAFFIC • PODCAST ↗
How Cities Avoid Becoming Clichés, with Ryan Short
OCTOBER 29, 2025
CITY NATION PLACE • AWARDS ↗
The Mat-Su, Alaska Named Best Use of Design Finalist
OCTOBER 20, 2025
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
Place Branding Work for The Mat-Su, Alaska Named Best Use of Design Finalist
OCTOBER 2, 2025
FORBES • PRESS ↗
Forbes Reviews The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
Top New Release in City Planning: The Civic Brand is Out Now
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
GOVERNING.COM • PRESS ↗
A Message to Struggling Cities: Be Yourself
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
Book Launch: Announcing The Civic Brand: The Power and Responsibility of Place
AUGUST 28, 2025
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
Ryan Short to Speak at Imagine.Create.Activate! on 9/24 in Chicago
AUGUST 15, 2025
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
Ryan Short to Speak at City Nation Place Americas in Ottawa
APRIL 9, 2025
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand Teams Up with City of Orange, CA, for District Placemaking & Branding Project
DECEMBER 5, 2024
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE • AWARDS ↗
High Point, NC Named All-America City
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand named a finalist for Best Use of Data in City Nation Place Global Awards
OCTOBER 8, 2024
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand Kicks Off Destination Branding Project for Mat-Su Valley, Alaska
AUGUST 15, 2024
CITY NATION PLACE • AWARDS ↗
High Point, NC and CivicBrand Highly Commended for Best Use of Design
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
CITY NATION PLACE • AWARDS
CivicBrand Wins Highly Commended Award for High Point Place Brand
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand celebrates 15 years in business
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
HIGH POINT DISCOVERED • PRESS ↗
You Can Make It Here: High Point’s New Brand Strategy
JULY 27, 2023
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
Fairfax City unanimously approves placemaking vision strategy
JULY 14, 2023
FORBES • ARTICLE
Beyond The Illusion of Consensus – Forbes.com
JULY 11, 2023
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
City of High Point unanimously approves brand strategy
MAY 19, 2023
PLACE BRAND OBSERVER • INTERVIEW ↗
Ryan Short on Placemaking and City Branding Practice in the US
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
WKTV • PRESS ↗
Creating a Brand for the City – Wyoming, MI
JULY 14, 2022
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
CivicBrand in London at City Nation Place Global
DECEMBER 22, 2021
PROBOLSKY RESEARCH • ARTICLE ↗
Quantitative and Qualitative Research in the Branding Process
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
STRONG TOWNS • PRESS ↗
Strong Towns Recommends CivicBrand’s Eyes on the Street Podcast
JULY 1, 2020
CIVICBRAND • NEWS
City Nation Place Global Forum & Awards – 2019 London, UK
DECEMBER 13, 2019
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE • PRESS ↗
Branding that Builds Communities
MARCH 21, 2019
CITY OF LEWISVILLE • NEWS ↗
CivicBrand Selected to Build Old Town Lewisville’s Social Media Presence
DECEMBER 3, 2018
HERMES • AWARDS ↗
Heartland Lakes Brand Wins Hermes Award
OCTOBER 31, 2018
PLACE BRAND OBSERVER • AWARDS ↗
CivicBrand Named a City Nation Place Finalist for Best Citizen Engagement
OCTOBER 16, 2018
FORBES • ARTICLE ↗
Branding Is the New Economic Development
AUGUST 31, 2018
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