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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. My background in planning, including parks planning, provides a knowledge base they didn't have access to before. Still, there is tension between being more active or more passive.

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National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 23rd

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. -- Last year's blog entry Entrance to national parks is free. Many parks, at all levels: national; state; and local, have events. Interesting that the federal government is on the verge of shutting down (" US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected? ," Reuters), which means that parks and open lands close too.

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City of Kenmore Officials Find the Fun in 2017-18 Priority Based Budget

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The City of Kenmore, Washington was the second organization to implement PBB, along with the City of Bainbridge Island , and both have been practitioners since 2013. Capitalizing on that vibrancy through events, art projects, recreation opportunities and volunteerism also is important to Karlinsey. 24 meeting. Within that figure, $23.4

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Parks, recreation centers, libraries. Usually cities have parks and libraries in the core. Not usually recreation and community centers. It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: People don't want to live in fear.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But even before that I went back and forth on it. Was it merely DC trying to copy other unusual creative infrastructure endeavors (at the same time there was an attempt to create a similar bridge in London, under then Mayor Boris Johnson, " An absurd vanity project for our age – Boris Johnson’s garden bridge ," Guardian ). I'd say yes.

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DC's 11th Street Bridge Park project

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s first elevated park will link neighborhoods divided by river ") as it nears moving towards construction within the next couple years. What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. " What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. " What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. " The Bridges now.