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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Revisiting Trust for Public Land's Park Score® methodology " (2017) -- " Federal shutdown as another example of why local jurisdictions should have more robust contingency and master planning processes " (2013) -- " Testimony: Agency Performance Oversight, DC Department of Parks and Recreation " (2012) Lack of investment in board development, (..)

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since.

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NonProfits & Branding – The Paradigm Shift

Public Policy Blog

Many nonprofits use their brands primarily as a fundraising tool, but a growing number of nonprofits are developing a broader and more strategic approach, managing their brands to create greater social impact and tighter organizational cohesion ( Kylander & Stone, 2012 ) attempting to act as catalysts of change in the world.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

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This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. It links business and property owners with citizens and other stakeholders, organizing work into committees, where they develop action plans for the year.

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30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

In other cases, they’re created directly by elected and administrative officials of government organizations, operating as an extension of government agencies yet they engage in fundraising, soliciting private contributions from willing citizen donors.

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Third place issues

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Buildings are envelopes. -- " More thoughts on suburban hipness (it's really about commercial hipness generally, not urban vs. suburban) ," 2013 -- " BTMFBA Chronicles: Seattle coffee shop raises money to buy its building ," 2018 This came up in DC many years ago. That you can have a cool space, even if the exterior is dull. Photo: " D.C.’s

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Plein Air for the Park is a fundraiser for Grand Teton National Park, where professional artists paint a park scene, and the paintings are sold (" Plein Air in Grand Teton National Park ," Homestead Magazine ). Maybe as part of a competition. Many programs. Exhibit: The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley.