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Your Patrons Are Not Goldfish! The Powerful, Scientifically Proven Reason Why Your Library Should Aim To Hold the Sustained Attention of Your Community

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Then there is sustained attention. We use sustained attention when we binge-watch an entire season of Stranger Things in a single day, read a good book cover to cover in one sitting, or attend a concert, play, or sporting event. Sustained attention is where great experiences are found. It is where real connections are made.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc. The goal is to ensure a sustainable community for future generations through participation in democratic processes. Whyte and "triangulation."

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. for interpretation.

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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

Another popular activity is what is called Open Streets, where streets are closed for the day (sometimes in a park like Rock Creek in DC/Maryland, for the weekend) in favor of sustainable mobility and other activities. Open Streets Minneapolis Ciclavia, Los Angeles Times photo.

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Community Planning Month and transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I collect ephemera--gas station maps, postcards, ads, magazine articles, illustrating mobility patterns from the different eras.) You Chose Not To Listen ," Reason Magazine ) I know they're libertarian and opposed from the outset, but it's a good example of what transit is up against. That's why the SF policy is so novel.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part one -- (in)FAQ and my influences

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I do have some pieces that I've been drafting for years, without publishing, such as on civic engagement and national service (since 2020!), Governing Magazine was full of articles about government success. Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues.

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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 ). There is the related issue of presenting art in spaces of controversy (" Harsh is truth ," National Parks Magazine ).