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Call for Chapters: Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development #ACRLPublication

A Library Writer's Blog

Proposal Deadline: June 19, 2024 Submit Proposals here: [link] You are invited to submit an abstract for a chapter in an upcoming edited book with the working title, Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development published by ACRL.

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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

By: Liz Kozub I got my start in transforming vacant properties in 2012 as an intern for the City of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a dense community of just over 2,000 residents with tremendous community pride. I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

More parks systems are developing outdoor winter programming guidance ( Denver Outdoor Adventure and Alternative Sports Strategic Plan ), when before perhaps they focused on indoor activities at best. More cities are developing what we might call "signature parks" usually in their downtowns, but not limited to downtowns.