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How a Group of Teens Is Bringing a Skatepark To Their Community — Episode 082

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

They realized that access to public recreational spaces was critical, and decided to take matters into their own hands to create a safe, legal place to skateboard through the Lunenburg Skatepark Project. What kinds of fundraising activities were the most successful. How they have engaged the community with the project.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

An activist arrives at the entrance of Parker Elementary School in Oakland, where parents and community organizers occupied the building after it was closed by the school district. Students, parents, and teachers participating in a clean up of the school grounds, Wasatch Elementary School, Salt Lake. Special Funding.

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How One Library Got All the Stock Photos It Needs for Promotions in Just One Day!

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library At the Library Marketing and Communications Conference this past November, I watched as Jody Lazar , Director of Community Engagement at Winter Park Library in Florida made half a dozen mouths drop to the floor.

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Martin Luther King Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It was initially under the umbrella of The Boston Foundation, and organizers said Friday that the institutions will continue to be close partners after Embrace Boston takes over fundraising and other responsibilities and moves to its own offices. The Embrace sculpture depicts MLK and his wife, hugging. Eastern time on Monday.