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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

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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

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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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Sitwalls, Ledges & Steps

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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

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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

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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

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

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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