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Community Defines a New Model for A Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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Cooking With Fire In Public Space

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Four excerpts from Jutta Mason's book on how campfires and a communal bake-oven dramatically changed a Toronto park.
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The Neighborhood Matching Fund: Building Community in Seattle

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Jim Diers, Director of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, describes the city's commitment to community: its neighborhood grant-matching program.
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The Big Backyard: Neighborhood Park Becomes Center of Community Activity

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
With locally-inspired activities that fly in the face of traditional park programs, from bread-baking to puppet shows, Toronto residents created a community place out of a park neglected by locals and city officials alike.
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Collaboration With Teens Creates Popular Skate Park

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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.
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What Role Can Citizens Play in Creating Safer Parks?

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Giving people a greater feeling of control over their park can, in turn, foster a sense of ownership and pride. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks.
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Putting It All Together: Community-Based Process

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
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
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Oakland’s Fruitvale Neighborhood Transforms César Chávez Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Sep 5, 2002 | 1 Comment
Local students, residents, teachers, and artists combined to turn this formerly derelict green space into a place to be proud of. (Courtesy of the Spanish Speaking Unity Council)
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New Home, Fresh Outlook

By Project for Public Spaces on Aug 5, 2002 | Add Comment
How one non-profit's change of address is turning around a neighborhood. (Written with the generous assistance of Parkway Partners, New Orleans, LA)
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