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Comparative Park Management Models

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

This 2003 study delves into the departmental organization, partnership programs, and funding models and strategies for parks systems in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston.

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Comparative Park Management Models

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Zone Gardening: A Report from Central Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A change in management style helped Central Park make dramatic improvements in its overall park maintenance.
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Concessions Overhaul Brings Major Expansion and New Exhibition

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The story behind a successful capital campaign for Roger Williams Park, a 430-acre Victorian jewel in Providence, Rhode Island. An Urban Parks Success Story.
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What Role Can Maintenance and Operations Play in Creating Safer Parks?

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Advice and strategies on using maintenance and parks staff to enhance perceptions of security. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks
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Understanding Personal Safety

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A look at the issues surrouding the concept, perceptions, and realities of personal safety in parks and other public spaces. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks.
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Putting It All Together: Community-Based Process

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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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Building a Nonprofit Parks Organization

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Eleven keys to success, developed from those on the inside. Excerpted from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners.
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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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Recruiting, Training and Retaining Volunteers

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Ten Tactical Steps for National Media Coverage

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This advice is directed toward Brooklyn's Prospect Park Alliance, but the tips and strategies are applicable to park groups at large. From Steve Coleman of Washington Parks & People.
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Management Innovation Results in Cleaner City Playgrounds

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Thanks to quicker detection of problems and the use of welfare workers, New York City's playgrounds are cleaner and their equipment is in better structural condition. A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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What If We Just Threw Them A Party?

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A look at a signature annual event in New Orleans, which raises money for a parks organization - and makes the most of in-kind donations.
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