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- What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?
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- Pride of Place
Governing Magazine - Placemaker Profile: Allan Jacobs
Planning With the Community
Photo: Toronto Parks and Recreation
- Community Defines a New Model for A Park
A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
- Creating Playspaces by and for Children
Children can and should participate in creating and transforming their play spaces; a presentation by Roger Hart, Children's Environments Research Group.
- Collaboration With Teens Creates Popular Skate Park
A look at how teens came to help plan, design - and manage - a skate park in New York's Riverside Park. A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
- Inventory Your Community's Assets
Strong communities identify, value and use the skills and assets of their residents. This key tool shows you how to to assess the capacities of a neighborhood - from the ABCD Institute.
- City and Neighborhood Collaborate to Revive Community Center
The Rainier Community Center in Southeast Seattle bustles with programs, classes, counseling and games for all ages, from senior pickleball players to Internet web page designers.
- An Old Game Brings New Life to San Rafael's Albert Park
A community-based planning process reveals traditional activities, such as bocce, that transform a forgotten park into a true community place.
- Visual preference surveys and community development
An online visual preference survey conducted by the city of Mankato, Minnesota. Interesting planning materials demonstrating the power of images to aid community planning.
- Comprehensive Planning Online
A visual preference survey and questionnaire, viewable entirely online, of public spaces and character. Part of a comprehensive plan for the city of Romeoville, IL.
