• Stumbling Blocks to Creating Great Civic Centers...and How to Overcome Them

  Solutions to four common problems.

• Putting It All Together: Community-Based Process

  An excerpt from How To Turn A Place Around that suggests ways to motivate people into making a space a community place.
  Project for Public Spaces

• Linking Transportation and Land Development

  A downloadable report of the solutions, suggestions, and case studies presented at the March 2002 Roundtable on Smart Growth Policy and Practice.
  Urban Land Institute

• GSA's Ambassador Program - Providing a Human Touch at Federal Government Buildings

  A success story about a new customer-service-based approach implemented by the U.S. General Services Adminstration in Denver's Federal District.
  GSA / Project for Public Spaces

• How GSA Properties Can Partner With Downtown Management Organizations

  This special issue of GSA's "Urban Policy Update" is dedicated to helping federal agencies maximize relationships with BIDs and other local organizations.
  U.S. General Services Administration

• Effective Strategies for Negotiation

  Expert advice on how to set up negotiations that help you - and your partners - get what you need.
  Program for Community Problem Solving

• Preservation Notes for Historic Properties

  A series of technical briefs concerning preservation project design, contracting, construction, and management. A secondary resource, Guide to Cultural Resource and Historic Preservation Information, is also available.
  U.S. General Services Administration

• Skateboarding and Countermapping of City Space

  This term paper written by a skateboarding enthusiast offers a unique view of urban buildings and public spaces, discussing which types of spaces attract skateboarders and why.
  Ben Bradley

• More Management & Communication Pieces

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