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Mapping Park Use and Surveying Park Visitors: A Discussion

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Notes and findings from Prospect Park Alliance and Central Park Conservancy representatives, on increasing park use and understanding the needs of users.
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Fundays In Houston’s Parks

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Parks and Recreation Director William Smith tells about the development of "Funday" events to draw kids and families to neighborhood parks throughout Houston.
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Sample Surveys for Park Users

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Three simple surveys designed to obtain a basic evaluation of a park; to elicit feelings from visitors to a park; and to get feelings about a park from members of the community. From Project for Public Spaces, Inc. and Philadelphia Green.
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Evaluating Roger Williams Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Lessons in evaluating parks, observation, and making short and long-term recommendations.
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Inappropriate Activities

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Discourage "undesirable" situations in your park by evaluating and changing the physical conditions that support those situations. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks
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Public-Private Partnership Increases and Diversifies Use

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A public-private partnership reversed a decade of neglect in Hartford's central park through successful capital projects, diverse programs and effective fundraising.
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User Survey: Prospect Park Alliance, Brooklyn, NY

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Brooklyn's Prospect Park Alliance developed this simple questionnaire to solicit community input on plans to move and redesign Wollman Skating Rink.
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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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Focus Group Questionnaire & Moderator’s Guide

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Two tools used for collecting information about communities along the Baltimore, MD's Gwynns Falls Trail. Developed by Ellen Smith of Baltimore's Parks & People Foundation, with help from Paul Jahnige of Community Resources and Chris Walker of the Urban Institute.
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If You Don’t Count, Your Park Won’t Count

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Estimating the number of city park users can be difficult, but is important in receiving funding. From the June 2005 issue of Parks and Recreation magazine.

If You Don’t Count, Your Park Won’t Count

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Organizing and Programming Across Cultural Boundaries

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Twenty strategies used by Friends of Meridian Hill, a parks group in a diverse Washington D.C. neighborhood. Submitted by the Friends' President, Steve Coleman.
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