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Parks as Centers of Community Activity

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
One of the disturbing trends in parks today is the focus on creating single-purpose recreation facilities. This article addresses this issue and proposes ways to make parks into centers of community activity.
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The Urban Parks Institute

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

PPS established the Urban Parks Institute in 1996 with funding from the Wallace Reader’s Digest Funds in order to provide a wide range of resources to people who were developing and managing parks. While the goal was to help improve the quality of urban parks overall, the Institute focused on parks in underserved neighborhoods by [...]

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No Dogs Allowed?

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

When New York City cracked down, dog owners piped up — and New York Magazine ran a feature story.

Turf War

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Catalogue of Benefits

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

Canada’s Leisure Information Network offers an online “sample” of its extensive research on the benefits of parks.

Benefits of Parks and Recreation: A Catalogue

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Concessions Overhaul Brings Major Expansion and New Exhibition

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
The story behind a successful capital campaign for Roger Williams Park, a 430-acre Victorian jewel in Providence, Rhode Island. An Urban Parks Success Story.
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Green Enhances Growth

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But unfortunately, the urban forest is disappearing in many communities around the country, according to Edward McMahon, Director, the Conservation Fund.

Green Enhances Growth

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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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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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Waste Receptacles

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Their durability and functionality play a key role in the efficient management of a public space.

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Why Build Partnerships for Parks?

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
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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Comparative Park Management Models

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

This 2003 study delves into the departmental organization, partnership programs, and funding models and strategies for parks systems in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston.

New Yorkers for Parks

Comparative Park Management Models

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Vending Carts

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
The design of a vending cart is essential to the success of any vendor.
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