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(PARK)ing Day

(PARK)ing Day is an annual one-day global event during which community members transform parking spaces and parking lots into temporary parks and public spaces.

Content type:
projects
Keyword(s):
community character & design,
conservation and natural resources,
implementation,
project design & management,
public participation & outreach,
transportation

Rural Voices Radio

Rural Voices Radio celebrates rural areas with a combination of stories, poems, music, and local sounds and illustrates how place can provide powerful material for writing and learning.

Content type:
projects
Keyword(s):
arts ,
community character & design,
public participation & outreach,
storytelling

Capture Wales

Capture Wales is a BBC award-winning digital storytelling project that ran from 2001 – 2008, collecting more than 600 videos for publication online.

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projects

enVISION Utah

Envision Utah is a “Public/Private Partnership formed to guide the development of a broadly and publicly supported Quality Growth Strategy - a vision to protect Utah's environment, economic strength, and quality of life.”

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projects

Building a Sense of Place

In 1996 the Michigan Land Information Access Association assisted seven Michigan communities in articulating their local character. Using Community Information Systems (CIS) plans were created to sustain and enhance these respective community values.

Content type:
projects
Location:
MI
Keyword(s):
community character & design,
decision-making,
economic development,
implementation,
public participation & outreach,
values-based planning

StoryCorps

With the goal of giving all Americans the chance to share their stories, StoryCorps travels the country inviting people into a traveling recording studio in pairs to record a conversation. Interviews are archived to capture a snapshot of history.

Content type:
projects
Keyword(s):
arts ,
community character & design,
community inventory,
public participation & outreach,
storytelling

Parks for People

Concerned by limited amount of parks and open space in many cities across the U.S., the Trust for Public Land founded their Parks for People program to ensure that all citizens, especially children, have access to outdoor space.

Content type:
projects
Keyword(s):
conservation and natural resources,
diversity,
environmental sustainability,
implementation,
public participation & outreach,
youth