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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

This also matches the theme for next year’s Global Community Engagement Day, on January 28. It highlights the importance of trust-building in community development. More Compensation for Participation Involvement In recent years, compensating participants for their involvement in community engagement has gained traction.

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Vacant Land is More Than a Single Lot—it’s a System.

Center for Community Progress

Vacant lots are often viewed as pieces within larger systems, such as urban planning or community development, or overlooked entirely. Redefining vacant land as a system also highlights the importance of engaging stakeholders in achieving community development goals.

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Parks and Rec Brings the Fun — Episode 023

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development.

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Transforming Neglected Parks into Community Assets

Park Leaders

From Seattle to San Francisco, he continues his mission, revitalizing urban parks, and fostering a sense of community in the heart of the city. This is a valuable conversation for anyone interested in urban planning and community development.

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The call of sprawl: Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team to move to the suburbs

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I wrote about it here: -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities " (2021) in the process, updating my evaluative framework for siting and building arenas and stadiums.

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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I like the idea of ten year terms to be able to "force" transportation demand management agreements on teams (" Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities "). But that only works if the facility is owned by the team.

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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

More importantly, it will test whether the city really can provide the infrastructure, investment, and urban planning solutions necessary for Center City to realize its full potential. We like to think of ourselves as stylish, but the truth is Philadelphians are more likely to rally around James Harden than around haute couture.