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Charlotte, NC
Community Forum on Civic Involvement Scheduled
The forum is designed to develop a strategy for increasing
the level of civic involvement among youth. Planning for the
forum is a regional effort that involves many grassroots youth-serving
agencies, local governments, Centralina Council of Governments,
Foundation for the Carolinas and the NC Civic Education Consortium.
http://www.charmeck.org/_News/City/Civic+Index+Forum.htm
Indianapolis,
IN
Indianapolis’ proposed Cultural Trail
supports the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission's
mission to help Indianapolis become a world-class cultural
destination. The trail is a planned pedestrian and bicycle
path that would thread through downtown, connect the five
Indianapolis Cultural Districts, engage the many cultural
resources of the regional center, and provide a central hub
for the nationally acclaimed Indianapolis Greenway Trail system.
NEWS ABOUT CULTURAL TRAIL:
New Cultural Trail is on the right
track
Cultural Trail could set new course;The
city is considering a $15 million to $20 million walking,
skating and biking path of a dimension unparalleled in the
United States
Trail would link history, culture
Kansas
City, MO
Messages from Mayor Kay Barnes explains two priorities for
Kansas City: a New Housing Strategy
and an Downtown Economic Stimulus Act.
Downtown Streetscape Plan selection committee
to interview candidates
In an effort to create an arts center, urban residential projects,
public library and mend an interstate highway, Kansas City’s
public streetscape project will need $700 million and the
communities backing.
Louisville,
KY
Louisville moves up in Small Business
Ranking
Entrepreneur magazine ranked Louisville in the top 15 places
for a small business to thrive.
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Marquette
County, MI
Marquette County continues to be creative with the introduction
of its first Community-wide Calendar
and initiation of a series of Economic
and Community Development Seminars.
Oakland, CA
Bay Area is Renowned for Creativity, Geniuses
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Orlando,
FL
Pending approval by the State of Florida and the Orlando City
Council, CNL Financial Group, Inc., (CNL)
and the City of Orlando have announced plans to bring a development
to downtown Orlando that will create 400 new jobs.
Orlando Skatepark and 1st Annual
Central Florida Extreme Games.
City of Orlando Housing Department to Launch Parramore
Village Redevelopment Project.
Orlando Mayor unveils Parramore Central
Park Project and Task Force.
Bye-Bye, Big Apple. Omaha
and Orlando Are Jumping Now
There is a dramatic shift afoot in
urban fortunes, weakening the clout of the biggest cities
while spreading power and influence to scores of smaller centers...the
nation's urban hierarchy is flattening out...This is good
news for America's cities -- and for America. For many cities
in the South and Midwest, spreading the wealth could signal
the dawn of an era of renewed urban development, a new cosmopolitanism
and growing cultural, technological and economic influence.
For the long-dominant coastal cities, it offers an opportunity
to rethink their priorities and where they want to go. For
the country as a whole, it means a more vibrant, heterogeneous
landscape, more living choices, a livelier cultural and social
panorama -- let's face it, a nation that's more vital and
more fun." Dyer has big plans for a performing-arts center
in Orlando -- big seating capacity, big price tag, big-name
acts.
READ AN ONLINE DISCUSSION WITH JOEL KOTKIN
ON "THE RISE OF SECOND TIER CITIES"
Readers participate in an online discussion with public policy
expert Joel Kotkin about his recent article on the rise of
the "second-tier" cities.
Prince George’s
County, MD
Prince
George’s County and Community Development Corporation
honored at National Bridge Builders Award Dinner
Honored for their development and creation of the Prince George’s
Gateway Arts District, the largest, single public/private
arts and community revitalization effort in the nation.
Learn
what a Bridge Builder is!
Roanoke,
VA
Successful Branding Process Continues.
Read More.
Virginia in top ten spots for best place
to retire
Census Bureau report highlights some interesting trends about
where retirees are moving.
Rochester,
NY
City of Rochester Center City Master Plan
Rochester's award winning Center City Master Plan was approved
by City Council in March 2003 and culminates a unique four-year
"grassroots" planning process. The Plan is supported
by a Zoning Ordinance that eliminates use restrictions and
focuses on the design of buildings, their relationship to
their surroundings and particularly the Public Realm. This
approach encourages creative reuse of buildings and recognizes
that buildings generally outlive uses.
Mid-Sized City Forum: Exploring
its Unique Place in Urban Policy
Adaptive Reuse: Vacant infrastructure
being transformed into valuable assets for communities!
Mayor Outlines Revitalization Initiative
for East Street Main
Mayor Johnson discusses East Main Street Initiative Working
Group with elected officials and interested property owners
to outline progress on an agenda of goals and strategies for
stimulating development along that vital city corridor.
San
Jose, CA
Getting Families Back to Work
is an initiative created from a series of workshops involving
participants from business, education, labor, non-profits
and neighborhoods.
"The Haven", temporary,
fully furnished housing for families with no place to go after
a major fire, was built from a formerly dilapidated.
Eco-Friendly and Stylish
The new medium-development complex in San Jose incorporates
affordable housing and sustainable features. With eco-friendly
construction like recyclable chairs, carpet and solar panels
on parking garages and amenities like a swimming pool; it’s
no wonder these townhouses have been applauded.
Shelby County,
TN
The
Memphis Manifesto is still generating international
press, calculated to date at almost $1 million for the city
of Memphis. More important, it has spawned a number of Creative
City initiatives in communities across the nation.
St. Louis,
MO
A Tale of Two River Cities
St. Louis is renewing its connection with the river that makes
the city important.
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Grand Vision in St. Louis
Like many cities across the globe, St. Louis is trying to
repeat something known as the Bilbao effect. The "effect"
is the economic revitalization of a declining industrial city
via the engine of a cultural institution.
http://www.memphismanifesto.com/news/archives/000089.php
St
Paul, MN
The city of St. Paul is undergoing a major initiative focused
on Arts, Culture, and Entertainment, called the ACE
Plan and will be designed to promote the biggest attraction
in the city: the city itself.
St. Paul Receives $217,000 grant, 15
VISTA workers to recruit volunteers in area schools
Saint Paul Mayor Randy Kelly today announced that the
Capital City Education Initiative received one of just 13
VISTA grants given to communities across the country that
will provide $217,855 for 15 VISTA workers in Saint Paul schools.
State of Maryland
Community Center’s Opening Viewed
as a Sign of Progress
The new Community Resource Center will house family advocacy
services and the East Baltimore Development Inc in order to
better serve the surrounding community.
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Ventura,
CA
Born of a vision developed after a charette amongst 60 community
leaders, Ventura’s Cultural District
is set for completion next year. was envisioned from a collaboration
of community leaders in 2002 and has developed into is will
be completed next year
2003-2004 Community Partnerships
Granting Program Provides $210,000 to 21 Organizations for
Social Services
The City of Ventura Community Partnerships Granting Program
– administered through the Community Services Department
– recently provided $210,000 in FY 2003-2004 funding
to 16 non-profit organizations or social service agencies
in our community. Those 16 organizations/agencies will provide
21 social service programs to community residents.
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