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Sitwalls, Ledges & Steps

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Built-in forms lend themselves to the most basic kind of seating, but there are a number of ways to get it wrong. This excerpt from William H. Whyte's City details them.
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Economic Reinvestment in All Open Spaces

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Jim Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA, on the need for public investment in what he calls the "greenfrastructure."
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The Neighborhood Matching Fund: Building Community in Seattle

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Jim Diers, Director of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, describes the city's commitment to community: its neighborhood grant-matching program.
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Master Planning Case Study: Patterson Park

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

Patterson Park is a 155-acre city park, one mile east of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Population declined since 1970 and residents were concerned about security and park conditions. After a consortium of community leaders developed an area plan in late 1993, planning students from the University of Maryland worked with community leaders, the Dept. [...]

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Federal Funds for Urban Forest Research

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

Through its challenge cost-share grant program, the National Urban and Community Forest Advisory Council promotes projects that are applicable to urban forests nationwide.

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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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Obesity Trends in the U.S.: 1985-2000

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This dramatic PowerPoint presentation from the Centers for Disease Control can help you make a powerful case for more green space- along with the programming and other activities to encourage people to use it. Also see the the CDC’s complementary “Active Communities” initiative.

Obesity Trends in the U.S.: 1985-2000

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Federal Funding

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

Information about federal funding for land conservation and pending legislation that may affect communities’ efforts to create parks and protect open space. From Trust for Public Land.

Federal Programs

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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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A Riverfront Runs Through It

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An examination of the ground-breaking partnership that has the nonprofit Riverfront Recapture assuming responsibility for riverfront parks in the cities of Hartford and East Hartford, Connecticut. Parks and Recreation magazine
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Good Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
An Urban Parks Institute article covering the four cornerstones of a good place: uses & activities, access & linkage, comfort & image - and perhaps most important - sociability.
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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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