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Stronger Citizens, Stronger Cities: Changing Governance Through a Focus on Place - Project for Public Spaces
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Ideas & Issues. Streets & Transit. Ideas & Issues. Streets & Transit. Stronger Citizens, Stronger Cities: Changing Governance Through a Focus on Place. By Project for Public Spaces. Mar 17, 2013. This is the second of a three-part series on transformative Placemaking. To read part one, click here. To read part three, click here. 8220;If vibrancy is people, then the only way to make a city vibrant again is to make room for more of them.” / Photo: PPS. Revitalizing citizenship through Place Governance : Wh...
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Discover Downtown Middlesboro: April 2014
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Saturday, April 26, 2014. We Need Your Help to Preserve the Elks Home in Downtown Middlesborough! Members of the DDM Design Committee in front of the Elks Home. From left to right: Blake Bowling, Chair; Katie Bisceglia-Stotts; Steven Sharp; Elizabeth Barry; Isaac Kremer; Tara Pope; and Aaron Fraustro. Photo credit: Emily Sharp. Craig Potts, KHC executive director. State historic preservation officer. Credit: City of Louisville. Additional applications are pending before the US Environmental Protection Ag...
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Our Mission | Orton Family Foundation
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What is Community Heart and Soul? Sign up to receive. Send us a message. The Orton Family Foundation's mission is to empower people to shape the future of their communities by improving local decision-making, creating a shared sense of belonging, and ultimately strengthening the social, cultural, and economic vibrancy of each place. Why We Do This. See what our friend Jane Lafleur has to say about the power of Heart and Soul. Heart and Soul Minute: Jane Lafleur on Building a Stronger Foundation. A unique...
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What We Do | Orton Family Foundation
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What is Community Heart and Soul? Sign up to receive. Send us a message. Five ways to help. Community Heart and Soul. Is the Foundation's A-to-Z path to strengthening community. Paired with CommunityMatters. And supported by our three powerful online tools, residents discover what matters most in their towns. The Community Heart and Soul. Join us on PlanIt X, your online hub for the best tools, projects, resources, organizations and practitioners in community planning and development.
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Democracy Is Everyone
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Democracy Is Everyone is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy organization, whose purpose is to provide a platform for citizen engagement by which public policies and practices are developed for the common benefit of Harrisburg, through which Harrisburg's elected and appointed officials are held accountable. By "Caveman Chuck" Coker. What kind of community would you like our City of Harrisburg to be? Please consider the thoughts and ideas that are put forward on the websites listed below.
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Resources | TEDCity2.0
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Dream me. Build me. Make me real. The following is a collection of advocacy organizations, funding sources, media coverage, online tools, and software focused on making cities better, more efficient, and more resilient. The majority are U.S.-based and focused, so we particularly welcome suggestions from other parts of the world. Please email tedprize@ted.com. The African Centre for Cities. The APA is a U.S.-based membership organization focused on community planning and citizen empowerment. The Metropoli...
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Inspiration | Bonnie In Between
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Ideas / experiments = people place technology. 24 Hour City project. Clinton on Digital Placemaking. February 16, 2011. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech yesterday that touched on the concept of Digital Placemaking:. The Internet has become the public space of the 21st century the world’s town square, classroom, marketplace, coffee house, and nightclub. We all shape and are shaped by what happens there. All two billion of us and counting. And that presents a challenge. It does not serve...
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The Art Of The Rural: The NEA Announces The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design
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The Art Of The Rural. Collaborative / interdisciplinary / multimedia / new narratives. Thursday, January 10, 2013. The NEA Announces The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design. This afternoon the National Endowment for the Arts has announced the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design. Beginning on January 23. This news represents an exciting continuation of the kinds of cross-sector innovations sparked by the NEA's O. To learn more about this project. And Project for Public Spaces, Inc. CIRD (formerly known as...
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