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Philadelphia Green’s Parks Revitalization Initiative

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Here's an example of a Philadelphia small-grant programs and information about how it works.
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The Big Backyard: Neighborhood Park Becomes Center of Community Activity

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With locally-inspired activities that fly in the face of traditional park programs, from bread-baking to puppet shows, Toronto residents created a community place out of a park neglected by locals and city officials alike.
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Park Revival Leads to Neighborhood Rebirth

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Once forgotten, the Garfield Park Conservatory is now a thriving destination on Chicago's West Side. How did a deteriorated, seldom-visited Conservatory turn itself into a catalyst for community improvement?
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Bryant Park, NY: Publicly Owned, Privately Managed, and Financially Self-Supporting

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Professional programming and management helped a landmark New York park transform from drug haven to urban oasis.
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Volunteers in Parks Case Study: Glen Canyon

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Research from the Urban Parks Institute

Glen Canyon Park in San Francisco contains both developed and natural areas. A volunteer citizen stewardship group, Friends of Glen Canyon Park (FGCP) was established by citizens of the four neighborhoods surrounding the park in 1886 to supplement city agency efforts in maintaining the Park. Recognizing that budgetary constraints [...]

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Parks, Recreation, & “Active Community Environments”

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This initiative from the Centers for Disease Control links neighborhood design with public health, promoting the development and use of close-to-home parks and many other planning changes to encourage physical activity. Includes a two-page downloadable information sheet.
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Local Bond Acts

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Other ways of getting local funds to acquire land and/or conserve it can be found at the Land Trust Alliance.

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Dreaming Spaces Anew

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Filmmaker Austin Allen looks at park design and park activities from the point of view of African-Americans.
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Who Let the Dogs Out?

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Dog owners who use Fort Greene Park on a regular basis earned off-leash hours, thanks to the efforts of the Fort Greene Park Users and Pets Society (P.U.P.S.).

Fort Greene P.U.P.S.

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Good Press Is No Accident

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by Steve Coleman

The press can be a powerful ally in a park revitalization effort. Each achievement, no matter how small, can produce wider news coverage, broaden the constituency for a park, and lay the groundwork for the next story. At Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC, one of our earliest strategic marketing decisions was [...]

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Food

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Urbanologist William H. Whyte's recipe for success: "If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food. Food attracts people who attract more people..."
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Olmsted Crescent Marketing Plan

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Learn from this savvy plan, which brings together numerous partners as a collaborative to create promotional benefits that no organization could achieve on its own. Submitted by the Olmsted Cresent, a consortium of cultural resources and institutions in Buffalo, New York.
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