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What Nonprofits Do For Parks: Activities

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
An in-depth look at the myriad ways in which nonprofits provide support for parks, including fundraising, marketing and outreach, advocacy, maintenance, and other activities. Excerpted from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners.
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Written Agreements

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A primer on the various types of agreements nonprofits can create with their partners, from the most formal to the most flexible. Excerpted from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners.
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Making Partnership Work: The Central Park Model

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Betsy Barlow Rodgers, who founded the Central Park Conservancy and restored the crown jewel in New York City's park system, explains the three P's of partnerships: passion, patience, and persistence. Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute
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Parks and Libraries in Partnership

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Diantha Schull, Executive Director of Libraries for the Future, talks about the important civic role for parks, libraries, and other institutions. Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute
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Partnerships for Parks: Lessons from the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Urban Parks Initiative

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A report analyzing partnerships between public agencies and nonprofits, which were formed as part of the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Urban Parks Initiative.

Partnerships for Parks

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Management Agreement

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
The lease agreement used by Riverfront Recapture, Inc, and the City of Hartford.
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Sample Partnership Agreement

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Consultant Leon Younger uses this boilerplate agreement to initiate projects or programs between public and private partners.
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Why Build Partnerships for Parks?

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This chapter from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners traces the history of parks and the social and economic conditions that led to the emergence of public/private partnerships. Project for Public Spaces
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Roles: How Nonprofits Work with Public Agencies

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A chapter from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners, investigating the wide range of relationships and experiences parks nonprofits have with their public partners.
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Riverfront Partners: Giving & Receiving

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Using the Hartford, CT riverfront as an example, this chart shows the range of riverfont partners, their contributions to a partnership, and the benefits they receive. PPS Senior Associate Toni Gold (former Planning and Development Administrator, Riverfront Recapture, Inc.)
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Maintenance Partnerships: Sample Agreement

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Parkway Partners, a New Orleans parks nonprofit, offers a sample agreement used with organizations or individuals who wish to provide park maintenance.
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Building Partners in Brooklyn

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Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas, on her experience building one of the U.S.'s premier parks organizations. Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute
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