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Effective Outreach Techniques

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

Great advice from Partnership for Parks on how parks groups can draw in new people to support their work.

Effective Outreach & Publications

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Local Churches Pitch in to Maintain Indianapolis Parks

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A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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Creating Park Signage

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Some helpful hints for improving your park's signage
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Publicizing Your Event

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Attract new volunteers and raise your profile with these tips on flyers, media contacts and other ways to promote an event, from Partnerships for Parks.

Planning Successful Events

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Inventory Your Community’s Assets

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Strong communities identify, value and use the skills and assets of their residents. This key tool shows you how to to assess the capacities of a neighborhood – from the ABCD Institute.

ABCD Institute – Resources

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Community Committees: A Primer from Piedmont Park Conservancy

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Community committees serve as a forum for communication, input and relationship-building between a conservancy and a park's many constituencies. Atlanta's Piedmont Park Conservancy outlines how they come together.
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Rebuilding the Parks in Indianapolis

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Developing successful partnerships and a fiscal strategy that better tapped community resources were key ingredients to re-creating Indianapolis' Department of Parks and Recreation. Leon Younger details his work in these areas.
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Reclaiming the Heart of Santa Fe: Parkland Acquisition

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A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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Boys & Girls Club: Combining Efforts for Local Recreation

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Through an innovative partnership with the Minneapolis Parks Board, the Boys and Girls Club helped raise more than $1.5 million in public and private funds for a new multi-use recreational center.
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Making Partnership Work: The Central Park Model

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Betsy Barlow Rodgers, who founded the Central Park Conservancy and restored the crown jewel in New York City's park system, explains the three P's of partnerships: passion, patience, and persistence. Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute
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What Role Can Maintenance and Operations Play in Creating Safer Parks?

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Advice and strategies on using maintenance and parks staff to enhance perceptions of security. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks
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What Role Can Programming Play in Creating Safer Parks?

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Diverse activities and groups of users go a long way toward enhancing perceptions of security in a park. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks.
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