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Innovative Funding Strategies

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Parks consultant Leon Younger outlines strategies to help use existing funding more efficiently and to attract new funding sources.
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Bylaws and Other Helpful Documents

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

Nonprofit bylaws, management tools and a host of other helpful resources can be found at the Internet Nonprofit Center.

The Nonprofit FAQ

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The Invisible Park: Revitalizing the Ten Invisible Landscapes

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
New ways to look at parks and their assets. From Steve Coleman, Executive Director, Washington Parks & People and President, Friends of Meridian Hill.
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If You Don’t Count, Your Park Won’t Count

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

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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The Benefits and Drawbacks of Master Planning

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A primer on developing a tangible vision of your park's present and future - and what's required to get there. From Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners.
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Money from the Feds: UPARR

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The Urban Park and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) program, targeted to economically distressed urban cities, is one of the few sources of federal funds for urban parks projects. Read more on the National Park Service website.

Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program

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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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The Total Park Enterprise: 20 Agency Actions to Maximize Public/Private Green Space Partnerships

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
From knowing how to ask for help, to thanking those who give it, here are 20 useful steps from Steve Coleman of Washington Parks & People.
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Great Parks/Great Cities Awards

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
From the green to the groovy, the quintessential to the quirky, Project for Public Spaces (PPS) are honoring the best of American urban parks through its 2003 Great Parks/Great Cities Awards. The awards are sponsored by Metropolis Magazine.
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Recruiting, Training and Retaining Volunteers

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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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Parks and Corporate Sponsorships

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Kevin Bartrum, Vice President of the Wilkinson Group, describes the mutual benefits to communities and businesses through corporate sponsorships of parks.
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