Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends
AUGUST 18, 2022
The September issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of Open Space Radio, we’re diving deeper into one of this month’s feature stories, “ Dr. Temple Grandin on the Importance of Outdoor Play.” In 2010, Time Magazine named Dr. Grandin one of the 100 most influential people.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 13, 2024
Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. What does that mean for visitors? ," National Geographic -- " What to Save?
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 16, 2023
In " Making cycling irresistible in DC 2.0 " (2008) and " Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the action planning method " (2010), I mentioned the need to promote bicycling at the neighborhood scale, to increase biking take up. Too many people think biking is recreational or a joke in terms of sustainable mobility.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Creating state-wide and regional history networks for African-American cultural interpretation. One of the problems with creating African-American history museums is that while it is supported politically, once a museum is created they tend to not be well patronized. Many have had serious budget problems. In fact, DC should participate too.)
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. has 421 parks. Because I always talked up parks planner David Barth (" David Barth: Rest in Peace "), he even brought him in to do some training and consulting for the County Parks Department.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Photo: David Jackson, Park Record. An article, " Community Planning Lab projects offer solutions to Summit County’s problems ," in the Park Record discusses Summit County's relatively new Community Planning Lab initiative. The course requires at least three and a half hours of work each week. Citizen engaged planning practice.
Partnership for Public Service
AUGUST 11, 2022
The action series 24 has not been on the air since 2010, yet 37% of people say they have seen an episode while 15% reported watching the show “a lot.” Roughly the same numbers say they watched Parks and Recreation, a comedy about local government. TV shows can have a large audience. .
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