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Teen Arts, Sports & Cultural Opportunities

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St. Petersburg, FL

A positive youth activity program which offers development opportunities for teens, grades 6-12, through entertainment and special events.

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Park Square Theatre

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St. Paul, MN

A nonprofit theatre that has enhanced the community of downtown St. Paul through cultural and educational engagement for over forty years.

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The Dance Institute of Washington

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Bridge Builders Award

An organization that uses dance to engage at-risk youth and teach valuable principles like work ethic, tenacity, responsibility and creative expression.

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Entrepreneurial American Community Award

A city that embraces arts and culture as a significant way to effect economic and social change in the community.

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Winston-Salem Alliance

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Winston-Salem, NC

An organization of Winston-Salem’s business community that promotes economic and entrepreneurial development in the area.

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The Saint Paul Foundation

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St. Paul, MN

A community foundation that makes philanthropic grants, leads charitable projects and provides a number of other services to improve the livability of residents in the St. Paul area.

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Leonard A. Zax

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Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award

A community leader who has fought to preserve and revitalize the rich cultural past of Paterson, New Jersey.

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The Point Community Development Corporation

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New York City, NY

A non-profit organization that engages neighborhood youth, the arts and cultural heritage in order to improve the entire community.

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Engaging Community Leaders in the Process: Creating a Livable Richmond Metro Area for All Ages

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This report documents the Richmond Metro Area Aging in Place Workshop which focused on engaging community leaders and provides an in-depth understanding of the role that leadership plays in the lives of older adults in the greater Richmond region, as well as the innovative programs and initiatives that are happening across the country on this issue. Click here to download the report.

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Partners' staff member becomes Next American City Vanguard

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Vanguard_logoIn May of 2009, up-and-coming urban affairs magazine Next American City awarded their first annual “Next American Vanguard” awards to young urban leaders. The 35 individuals chosen came from 18 different states and a variety of interests that ranged from community organizing to design to environmental justice.

Partners’ Director of Program Development, Lyz Crane, was one of the selected Vanguards and participated in a two-day forum in which the chosen leaders shared their innovative work and identified a joint manifesto with 15 goals in three critical areas: transportation, civic engagement and land use planning. The 2009 Vanguards are expected to participate in the passing of the torch to next year’s class and remain involved in the magazine’s efforts to identify cutting edge urban issues.

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Tohono O’Oodham Community Action Program

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Tucson, Arizona

A cultural organization that fuses arts and heritage to bring community members of all ages together.

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The Creative Community Builder's Handbook: How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture

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Written by Tom Borrup with Partners for Livable Communities, this book features best practices and technical assistance how-to's on using culture as a fundamental tool for transformative community development. The book is a tool of broad scope covering topics such as: Asset Mapping; Funding and Policy; Effective Partnerships; Assessment and Evaluation. The book follows up on Partners ground-breaking Culture Builds Communities work.

Borrup writes, “In 1993 PLC began an extensive developmental program called Culture Builds Community, which aims to systematically place cultural assets within the portfolio of community development efforts…Nationwide in scope, the program gave rise to a publication, Culture Builds Communities, that inspired this book.”

Published by Fieldstone Alliance, Saint Paul, MN, 2006, 261 pages ($25)

(This Report/Book is only available for purchase. Partners does not have an electronic version available)

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InnVision

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San José, CA

South Bay California’s largest provider of housing and other services for the homeless.

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The Mid-Sized City: Exploring its Unique Place in Urban Policy

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An exploration of whether midsize cities should have a league of their own, i.e. are they unique and special and should they have a stronger voice on public plicies in the U.S. and on global business development abroad? The results of a conference of invited researchers and public policy leaders led by Tom Argus of Rochester and Laura Durham of Partners for Livable Communities.

Author: William Fulton, Solimar Research, 16 pages, November 2002. ($5) Or Download the Report for Free here


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Livability for All Ages: Organizations that are reaching out to older adults…and everyone

These Best Practices highlight organizations that are integrating their work on livability with opportunities presented by the growing number of older adults.
 
 
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