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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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Five Priniciples for Media Outreach

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Expert advice on how to work with the media, from Steve Coleman of Washington Parks & People.
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Graffiti Primer

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An overview of important graffiti issues facing park planners and managers, from the Urban Parks Institute.
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Making Your Park Safer

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Advice from New York City’s Partnerships for Parks on activities that can crowd out crime, what to do about specific crime problems, and working with the police. Some info is NYC-specific, but it’s an overall excellent resource.

Making Your Park Safer

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How to Make Brochures

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment

A primer on brochures, from the Michigan State University Extension.

Marketing Your Community Park and Recreation: Developing Brochures

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Building a Nonprofit Parks Organization

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Eleven keys to success, developed from those on the inside. Excerpted from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners.
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Market Research and Park Use

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
User and non-user surveys can help you understand a community's park needs and perceptions. Includes key points to keep in mind when designing a survey.
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The Tipping Point

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This New Yorker article from 1996 by Malcolm Gladwell has become a minor classic fusing concepts of safety, sociology, and urban life with disease research.

The Tipping Point

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Cohesive Neighborhoods are Safer Neighborhoods

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Do parks decrease violence? Information from SCIENCE magazine and a Harvard University study.
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Remaking the Chicago Park District

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Forest Claypool, former director of the Chicago Park District, describes the district's work to "downsize, privatize and decentralize," while creating an agency driven by community needs.
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Innovations in Parks and Open-Space Stewardship

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A case study on how motivated residents spearheaded park renovations in San Rafael, CA. From our partner, the Trust for Public Land.
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Establishing a Friends-of-the-Park Group

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Based on interviews with leaders of successful park groups, these tip sheets from Partnerships for Parks cover the ins and outs of starting a “friends” group: goals, structure, publicity, money and more.

Establishing a Friends-of-the-Park Group

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