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AMENITY RESOURCES AND QUALITY OF LIFE
#865 The Creative City Anthology
Partners for Livable Communities, 2003, 117 pages. ($15.00)
A comprehensive collection of articles backgrounding the issues
of Partners' Creative City initiative. Authors include New
Economy heavy-hitters Richard Florida and Joel Kotkin, policy
advocates Bruce Katz and Thomas Hylton, and business developer
John Howkins. The twenty-five complete articles are divided
according to issue area, and are accompanied by a full reading
list.
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#364 Creative City: 2001-2003
Partners for Livable Communities, Jun Mitsumoto, ed. 2004.
247 pages. ($25.00)
A comprehensive report on the work and best practices of each
of the Creative City program's 16 participating laboratory
cities. This volume is an excellent resource for city governments,
CDCs and arts-organizations looking for ideas and models for
developing programs that require strategic partnerships and
creative thinking.
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#275 Creative City Policy SourceBook
Partners for Livable Communities, Jun Mitsumoto, ed. 176 pages.
2004. ($25.00)
An overview of the Creative City program from an administrative
perspective, including background materials from all six Creative
City conferences. An important resource for anyone who needs
to understand the framework and discussions behind a major
national effort to learn about new strategies in the creative
economy.
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#937 White Oak Findings: Developing a
Public Policy Framework
Partners for Livable Communities, 2002. 18 pages. ($5.00)
A report from the Creative City Conference at White Oak identifying
the role of a social agenda in the creative city framework.
Participants in Partners’ Creative City Program discussed
the hypothesis of Richard Florida, economist and public policy
thinker, that the "creative class" is the emerging
group that will power America’s economy. The Creative
City participants added a social equity theme to unify rather
than divide our cities for economic opportunity.
#2 Federal Spaces Community Places
March 2001. 6 pages. ($5.00)
A Special Insert in Governing magazine was published as part
of collaboration between Partners and the General Services
Administration’s (GSA) Center for Urban Development on
how federal buildings can contribute to the livability and
quality of core central cities in America.
#3 Arts in a Living Downtown: Best Practices
Ann Corbett, Partners for Livable Communities, 1998. 65 pages.
($15.00)
A workbook prepared for the Federal City Council and the DC
Arts Downtown Art Committee to facilitate a strategy for making
culture and arts a part of the revitalization of downtown
Washington D.C. (off the Mall). The report looks at examples
from around the country on how culture has been put to work
as part of downtown business development.
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#6 Report on Parks and Recreation Department
Partners for Livable Communities for the Community Design
Center of Pittsburgh, May 1997. 35 pages. ($15.00)
An excellent resource on how parks and recreation departments
create long-term maintenance funding, stability and allocation
of resources between existing parks and creating new parks.
The report features Austin, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Portland,
Seattle, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Boulder
and Louisville.
#7 A Guide to Great American Public Spaces:
A Journey of Discovery, Learning and Delight in the Public
Realm
Gianni Longo. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 1996. 164
pages ($25.00)
A Guide to America’s most successful public places features
60 public places ranging from the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area in San Francisco to Xenia Avenue in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Text, photos and captions tell what to look for in each of
the locations and help us understand why these public places
inspire us, what qualities make them compelling and what draws
people to them.
#9 Rebuilding American Communities: Reinvestment
by Design
Partners for Livable Communities, 1995. 85 pages. ($15.00)
A collection of best practices stressing the importance of
design and its effect on the quality of our built environment.
The best practices are divided in five major sections focusing
on quality design in – government foresight, a solution
to local problems, amenities, downtown revitalization and
unique partnerships. A valuable resource for county, city,
state and regional planners.
#10 Culture and Communities: The Arts
in the Life of American Cities
Partners for Livable Communities, Robert McNulty, Patricia
Jones and Laura Green, 1992. 81 pages ($15.00)
This publication provides in-depth analysis of how arts institutions
strengthen downtown revitalization, economic development,
urban planning, business retention and relocation, tourism,
image and multicultural awareness. Twenty-one case studies
show the many ways the arts can address our cities’ most
pressing concerns.
#59 18th and Vine Charrette
Partners for Livable Communities, Nick Pierpan, 1996. 80 pages
($25.00)
A report of a two-day charrette held in Kansas City, MO, outlining
a strategy for developing a major African American heritage
site that includes the Negro Leagues Baseball and Jazz Museums
to attract tourism and economic development in the 18th and
Vine neighborhood.
#23 The Economics of Amenity: Community
Futures and Quality of Life
Partners for Livable Communities, Robert McNulty, Dorothy
Jacobson, Leo Penne, 1985. 156 pages. ($25.00)
Drawing upon the experience of cities throughout North America,
this book, the bible of "Can you take quality of life
to the bank?" describes how communities are using amenity
assets – the arts, cultural resources, local history
and heritage, quality design, and natural and scenic resources
-- to stimulate business investments, develop tourism, foster
civic pride and increase and retain economic growth.
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