North Adams, MA
A cultural institution has brought stupendous growth to the surrounding community.
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Terms:Arts & Culture, CBC Best Practice, Community Development, Cultural Institutions, Culture Builds Communities, Design, Downtown Development, Economic Development, Historic Preservation, Museums, Neighborhood Revitalization, North Adams, MA, Tourism, Town-Gown
On a recent visit to Denver, Linda Severson was surprised to find herself ignoring the city’s famed scenery to examine one of Denver’s lesser known wonders: its parking meters.
Denver is one of a number of U.S. cities that has installed brightly colored, repurposed parking meters designed to take donations to services for the city’s homeless. Intrigued by these “donation stations,” Severson took the idea back to her role as human services coordinator for the Johnson County Council of Governments, in Eastern Iowa.
Her timing was apt. Iowa City, the county seat, was then in the process of revising their panhandling ordinance, which would increase the restrictions on where panhandling could take place in the downtown area. It seemed like the perfect time to offer what city officials have now deemed an “alternative” to panhandling.
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Entrepreneurial American Community Award
For their success in supporting local artists, youth education mentoring and neighborhood transformation through their groundbreaking mural program.
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Terms:2009, Arts & Culture, Awards, Community Building, Community Development, Community Engagement, Design, Diversity, Downtown Development, Entrepreneurial American Community Award, Heritage, Image/Branding, Multicultural, Neighborhood Revitalization, Philadelphia, PA, Placemaking, Public Art, Social Capital, Tourism, Urban, Workforce Development, Youth
Minneapolis, MN
A central gathering place, market, and community center for members of the Minneapolis Latino community.
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Partners' President Bob McNulty stops in on Ipswich, Australia—a city Partners has been working with for almost 10 years—to check out all the new activity and growth the city has experienced in the last 2 years. Read more about his vist to Ipswich>
Click here to read more about Ipswich, Australia—An Entrepreneurial City>
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Jackson, MS
A former shopping mall that has been converted into a comprehensive, multidisciplinary health care complex.
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Terms:Aging, Downtown Development, Economic Development, Health & Wellness, Intergenerational, Jackson, MS, Public-Private Partnerships, Social Services, Town-Gown, Urban
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