Cultural Institutions

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For its 25 years of collaboration with Partners for Livable San Diego on quality of life improvements and community building practices.

Founders Award for Civic Leadership

Senior Advisor at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, for furthering cultural heritage development and historic preservation for over 40 years.

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For the community partnership that went into the creation of the Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center.

Chicago, IL

A lively art studio transformed from a previously vacant, three-acre lot into a wonderful cultural resource and an educational tool for youth around Chicago.

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)