Civic Engagement
Our work on 40th Street is related to work we have done and are
doing in other communities. For example, we have facilitated community conversations
about public school design and Philadelphia's Capital Improvement Plan, Penns' Landing and the waterfront in Bensalem. You can learn
more about those
projects by going to the links noted below.
Franklin Conference on School Design:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/11060770.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11223956.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/sunday_review/11412782.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/11633622.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/11929233.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/phillycom_teases/11991661.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/sunday_review/11985723.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/12002003.htm
http://www.philly1.com/story7060805.html
Penn's Landing:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/7079394.htm
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0503/0503gaz8.html
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2003/103003/feature4.html
http://www.aiapa.org/special_events/honor_award/2003Winners.htm
Bensalem:
"Students Putting Minds to Work to Redevelop Bensalem Riverfront" (PDF)
"Bucks Town Consults Teens on Rivefront" (PDF) http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/7471609.htm
"Students Present Waterfront Plans" (PDF) vvvvvvvvvhkkkjjkjkjkjkjlkjlkjlkjlkllk fff d http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-10292003-187023.html
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-10082003-174095.html
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-10102003-175392.html
This work is also related to efforts around the country to engage
citizens in deliberation about the future of their communities --
local,
regional and national. The National Issues Forums Institute and
the
Study Circles Resources Center are two of the organizations that
have
been doing this work the longest. We thought you might be interested
in
learning more about those initiatives as well. To find out more,
click
on the relevant link below:
Study Circles Resources Center: www.studycircles.org
National Issues Forums Institute: www.nifi.org
(you might find some of the items in the "news" link most
interesting)
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