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10 Strategies for Implementing Placemaking in Cities
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Healthy Communities, Architectural Design Control
State: Not Applicable
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The Project for Public Spaces published ten strategies to improve public spaces by using placemaking strategies. The strategies are broken down into general tips and explanations that any city or town can adopt to best fit into their community. Some of which include interconnect a public health agenda to a public space agenda, use the power of 10+, use the lighter, quicker, cheaper approach, improve streets as places, and more. ..
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10 Strategies for Implementing Placemaking in Cities
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Healthy Communities, Architectural Design Control
State: Not Applicable
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The Project for Public Spaces published ten strategies to improve public spaces by using placemaking strategies. The strategies are broken down into general tips and explanations that any city or town can adopt to best fit into their community. Some of which include interconnect a public health agenda to a public space agenda, use the power of 10+, use the lighter, quicker, cheaper approach, improve streets as places, and more. ..
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Building Healthy Places Tool Kit: Strategies for Enhancing Health in the Business Environment
Date Added: Tuesday, July 10, 2018Land Use Planning, Healthy Communities, Architectural Design Control
State: Not Applicable
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The Building Healthy Places Tool Kit focuses on community opportunities to promote health and prevent its members from chronic diseases. This toolkit is meant to serve as a resource for shapers of buildings and projects interested in making “specific evidence supported design” to create a healthier environment. The report lists twenty-one recommendations for promoting “gold star” health organized into three separate categories; “physical activity, healthy food and drinking water, and healthy environment and social well-being”. These strategies ..
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State of North Carolina Design Control Ordinances
Date Added: Sunday, May 7, 2017Local Boards, State Land Use Law, Architectural Design Control
North Carolina
State
Part 7 of Article 19 in Chapter 160A details the authority to cities and counties to create community appearance commissions. Section 160A-451 permits a city or county to create an official appearance commission. This commission is required to study the “visual problems” within the local government’s jurisdiction and make plans to carry out programs that will “enhance and improve” the city or county’s “visual quality and aesthetic characteristics.” § 160A-452. In addition to other its powers and duties, the commission may advise the planning ag..
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