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The Smoke & Mirrors of Laissez-Faire Localism

January 16, 2012 by julian dobson
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'Yes, Mr Shapps - I'm feeling better already!'Imagine a health service where nobody bothered to share learning nationally or internationally about which treatments worked and why. Imagine a health service where it was considered entirely unnecessary to explore the causes of sickness, as long as local GPs and hospitals were given free... [read more]

E.P.A. Offers $1.8 Million in Urban Green Infrastructure Grants

December 22, 2011 by The Dirt ASLA
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) is offering up to $1.8 million in new grants for urban green infrastructure projects that both improve water quality and support community revitalization. Projects that support the restoration of canals, rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers, estuaries, bays and... [read more]

A Simple Portrait of an Urban Place

December 2, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
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From time to time, a single image captures the look and feel of city life, and successfully depicts an urban place where people come together. This morning, I had the opportunity on the “Place Matters” radio show to explain the role of photography in placemaking, as a tool to better define the personal, contextual experience of a... [read more]

What Does Community Well-being Mean for Projects and Local Communities?

November 3, 2011 by Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited
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Source: http://www.npsp.sa.gov.au The concept of community well-being is one of the frameworks for community assessment along with other concepts (e.g. local community quality-of life studies, community health or community capacity). Measuring well-being in a community is vital to knowing how that community is faring; it therefore... [read more]

Time To Invest In The Optimists

October 13, 2011 by julian dobson
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We've been hearing a lot about optimism lately. David Cameron last week invoked the British bulldog spirit in a speech that suggested all we need is strong leadership (his leadership) and to stop being 'soggy'.So how's it looking out there in the real world? Have we got cause for a new wave of optimism?Look at the big picture... [read more]

My 2 Cents in Wall Street Journal's 'How to Build a Greener City'

September 16, 2011 by Warren Karlenzig
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I was quoted in the lead article by Michael Totty in Monday's Wall Street Journal on "How to Build A Greener City." The article (and quote) leads off a special section, including the following articles:An Apple Tree Grows in SuburbiaThe Urban Quest for Zero WasteTesting Their Metals (on reducing industry material use)Building Owners Want... [read more]

The Case for Better Neighborhood Associations

August 18, 2011 by Kristen Jeffers
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A group of people who are happy. Is this your neighborhood association board? It should be. You either pay exorbitant amounts of money to it or you have moved to a community on purpose to get away from it. You probably want to get rid of it, especially if you want to tear out your front yard or save for retirement without watching that $... [read more]

Featured Quote: Doina Petrescu on Participatory Design

August 9, 2011 by polis blog
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"Driven by desire, participatory design is a 'collective bricolage' in which individuals (clients, users, designers) are able to interrogate the heterogeneity of a situation, to acknowledge their own position and then go beyond it, to open it up to new meanings, new possibilities, to 'collage their own collage onto other collages,' in... [read more]

The Thursday List: 5 Ways to Bring Schools and the Community Together

July 28, 2011 by Kristen Jeffers
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This week I’m adding something new to the blog, a more in-depth, quick facts way to start applying principles I discuss on the blog directly back into the community. This week’s theme was education, so I’m revisiting  steps we need  to bridge the gap between our schools and the community. Here are five of those steps: Host... [read more]

The Role Of The Arts In Thriving Communities

July 28, 2011 by Kaid Benfield
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  I believe one of the indicators of a healthy community – the kind of place that is likely to be loved and endure – is good evidence of creative expression.  Whether it’s painting, photography, music, dance, sculpture, performance or something else, people like being around artists who inspire not just our rational selves but... [read more]

Reflections From a Traveling Course on Cities

July 13, 2011 by polis blog
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Last semester, we (Julia Waterhous and Dylan Crary) had the opportunity to observe and absorb urban challenges and realities in New York, Delhi, Dakar, and Buenos Aires as part of the International Honors Program's course on Cities in the 21st Century. Polis writer Melissa Garcia Lamarca accompanied us as a traveling faculty member and... [read more]

Regenerating Cities by Converting Empty Buildings into Theatres

June 13, 2011 by This Big City
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By Kate Carmichael – Resources Officer at The Theatres Trust, a National Advisory Public Body established to promote the better protection of theatres. Across Britain disused warehouses, industrial buildings, pools, churches, town halls and cinemas have been converted into theatres. This year at our annual conference on the 14 June... [read more]