Planning School Grounds for Outdoor Learning
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES. Neighborhoods schools offer the opportunity to explore new approaches for teaching students, especially young students. The PTA, […]
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Articles provided by wck planning and articles by others discuss a wide variety of issues and opportunities facing small cities and towns. Ideas matter and history helps with practical and conceptual ideas and information about cities, city planning and city-building. The Articles gallery of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss issues and opportunities for those thinking and doing city-building.
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Neighborhood Schools.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD’S ROLE IN EDUCATION. The fact that the schools belong to the county or independent school system does not
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The Benefits of Trees
Public Health and Social Benefits: Clean air: Trees produce oxygen, intercept airborne particulates, and reduce smog, enhancing a community’s respiratory
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Neighborhood Trees and Tree Canopies.
OBJECTIVE. Every neighborhood in America is concerned about increasing its tree canopy for its aesthetic, environmental and real estate value.
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Neighborhood Open Space.
NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN SPACE. Character towns have neighborhoods that are “complete” with prominent lands devoted to parks and open spaces for
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NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILITY MASTER PLANS
The City of Fort Lauderdale’s Neighborhood Mobility Plan includes many of the elements discussed by CharacterTowns.org. Neighborhood mobility, internally and
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Neighborhood Mobility
The Idea of Mobility for Neighborhoods and Neighbors. The concept of the home-based trip has many facets. There are many
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Neighborhood Mobility Audits
The Polk [FL] TPO has conducted a series of Neighborhood Mobility Audits for communities in traditionally underserved areas. Most of
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Neighborhood Centers as “Third Places”
NEIGHBORHOOD THIRD PLACES. Ray Oldenburg, see sidebar, effectively describes gathering spots that serve as “third places”; places where people relax
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Organizing Neighborhoods
ORGANIZING NEIGHBORHOODS. The very first step to organizing a collection of homes, parks and streets that has the potential to