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And now @Katy_Lock introduces the TCPA's research and guidance on long-term stewardship - and new resources now available on our website... #TCPAwebinars 
Lots of guides, checklists, sample policies and text - really useful resources to help you ensure #NewCommunities get better and better as they age... #stewardship #places #parks #communities
@threadreaderapp please unroll
Next speaker is Philip Bowsher @TheParksTrust, a stewardship org that has 30 years' experience...
Manages about 25% of land across #MiltonKeynes; an independent charity that generates its own income, manages #parks and #landscapes but doesn't need to charge residents...
'Key question we face is how @TheParksTrust can continue its role as #MiltonKeynes grows...'
He starts by asking: 'What is #stewardship? It's about looking after community assets, with the aim of creating a great #place...'
It's about community development too. And it's about 'integration'. Creating a sense of community across different households and tenures.. says Pratchett
Small parks everywhere.
If you buy land amongst say 150 people, you can turn yours into a park and charge a small fee to maintain it.
If everyone is building, go the other direction... ✔💯🏘
In future, green spaces will be premium for events, recreation and bench press.😂
If you buy land amongst say 150 people, you can turn yours into a park and charge a small fee to maintain it.
If everyone is building, go the other direction... ✔💯🏘
In future, green spaces will be premium for events, recreation and bench press.😂
Notes.✍🏿
People need green open places to go; when they are close they use them.
But if the greens are more than three minutes away, the distance overwhelms the need.
- Christopher Alexander.
#GreenSpaces
#PublicSpaces
#Parks
🏡Design houses with accessible greens***✔🔨
People need green open places to go; when they are close they use them.
But if the greens are more than three minutes away, the distance overwhelms the need.
- Christopher Alexander.
#GreenSpaces
#PublicSpaces
#Parks
🏡Design houses with accessible greens***✔🔨
3. You can work closely with a landscape Architect and local gardener.
There are several themes you can adopt that fit various moods:
- Rock Garden
- Caves
- Green Lawns
- Open Gym
- Children's Park etc
Fill the gap left by "Developers."
Important Contact: @MainaKaibere
There are several themes you can adopt that fit various moods:
- Rock Garden
- Caves
- Green Lawns
- Open Gym
- Children's Park etc
Fill the gap left by "Developers."
Important Contact: @MainaKaibere
'The 2017 select committee inquiry into #parks got a staggering response from the public', says Clive Betts MP, opening #ParksAndGreenSpacesAPPG meeting reviewing what has happened since its report was published...
Betts points out that the funding of councils is a big element in the success of #parks - as the cost of social care (a statutory service) goes up, there is less ££ for green spaces (which are not statutory)...
Betts: 'We didn't think making #parks a statutory service would help - after all, #libraries are a statutory service, but that didn't protect them from closure...' #ParksAndGreenSpacesAPPG
Read up. Here's what you might've missed over the weekend and today from the @chitribopinions pages in the @chicagotribune. #vaccine #parks #dnc1968 #fortlori #racism #suffragettes / thread follows
... columnist @cptime looks at how Kamala Harris endures soft racism from those on the right who push the "What is she" questions about her family ethnicity. chicagotribune.com/columns/claren…
... columnist @EricZorn defends "Fort Lori" and @chicagosmayor's right to have peaceful refuge at her home. chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-z…
Another glorious sunny day here in Glasgow. We’re sure many of you are planning a trip to your local park, perhaps meeting up with friends or family for the first time in a while. So this week’s #glasgowbuildingoftheweek is a bit different...it’s not a building, it’s a fountain!
The Saracen Fountain in Alexandra Park, Dennistoun, was designed by David Watson Stevenson and manufactured by Walter Macfarlane & Co. at their Saracen foundry. It was commissioned as Macfarlane’s principal exhibit at the International Exhibition at Kelvingrove Park in 1901.
Macfarlane’s then gifted the fountain to the city and it was relocated to th Park in 1914. It stands 40ft tall. It’s central tower is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. There are 4 seated figures on the pedestals around the base. (glasgowsculpture.com)
Next #CCP attack, during crisis, as usual. #Armed, #organized #men and #boys on #motorcycles with #guns are #invading #CostaRica‘s famous National #Parks to systematically #hunt #bushmeat for sale to #outsidebuyers, including new #CRmenu items like #monkey, not previously hunted
Costa Rica has enough seafood, cattle and chickens to last for maybe forever, if managed. not about hunger. multiple friends who have told me that hunting dogs are flushing wildlife from homes ranches far outside the park, shots fired at all hours, every night, as citizens cower
I have long time guide friends who are crying that there will be no mammals left to show tourists on once famous tours.
#Thailand #PM #Prayut Chan-o-cha addressing the nation now on #COVID19 #coronavirus measures as nation sees 104 new cases today, pushing the total number up to 1,875 with 15 deaths.
#Thailand #PM #Prayut has announced a #nationwide #curfew from 10pm to 4am BKK time. This in addition to all the other #COVID19 #coronavirus preventive measures already in existence in country like closures of #pubs #clubs #spas #schools #sportingstadiums #malls #parks
Tonight (of all nights), after a year of preparation, @playhousesquare @TheCityClub @CuyahogaLib & other partners are hosting me to discuss *Palaces* and our need for #SocialInfrastructure, for the #OneCommunityReads program. The timing is either disastrous or perfect. (Thread)
Palaces is about the vital role of public, accessible, well-designed gathering places in democratic societies. #Libraries #Parks #Schools #Playgrounds It argues that we have failed to build & maintain them, that we exacerbate problems, like distrust & division, as a result (2/6)
At first, the call for better #SocialInfrastructure seems at odds with our current emergency, #COVID19 Mitigating it requires #SocialDistancing. Quarantines. Maybe more. But getting through the #CoronavirusOutbreak demands we do more than hunker down at home. (3/6)
🌳What a #NationalParkCity festival! 🙌🌈
🌹We've had fun listing London's fantastic #parks and all the activities going on in them. Check out those lists below and keep sharing your favourites. 🏊♀️
⛹️♂️Discover more on our Big Green London Map goparks.london/map 🥅
🌹We've had fun listing London's fantastic #parks and all the activities going on in them. Check out those lists below and keep sharing your favourites. 🏊♀️
⛹️♂️Discover more on our Big Green London Map goparks.london/map 🥅
Best #London park for a swim this weekend?
🏊♂️Beautiful lidos & natural ponds for #wildswimming
#SerpentineLido
@LDNFieldsLido
@Brockwell_Lido
#RuislipLido
@Hampstead_Life
@BeckenhamPark
🏊♂️Beautiful lidos & natural ponds for #wildswimming
#SerpentineLido
@LDNFieldsLido
@Brockwell_Lido
#RuislipLido
@Hampstead_Life
@BeckenhamPark
Learn to #BMX in your local park. Some great tracks at:
Haggerston Park
@HackneyBMX
Richmond Park
@FRPTweets
@LordshipRec
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
@noordinarypark
@BrockwellParkCP
Haggerston Park
@HackneyBMX
Richmond Park
@FRPTweets
@LordshipRec
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
@noordinarypark
@BrockwellParkCP
1 #BOU18TC The #HouseSparrow disappears from rural and urban areas of #Europe. Cities like Prague, London (#RedList in 2002) & Valencia have experienced #urban #declines in their populations above 50%. What is happening in urban areas? #ornithology #urbanecology #urbanbirds
2 #BOU18TC Various potential causes for the urban #decline have been suggested. Our aim was to study if new #park policies linked to #urbanization and #reurbanization (new concept) could be a key factor for the urban decline of the #species. #ornithology #urbanecology #urbanbirds
3 #BOU18TC We studied the abundance of #housesparrows (point counts) in 32 #urbanparks of 4 towns of eastern #Spain. 10 of them were modified (new park policies) during the 4 studied seasons 2015-2018. We compared means of (r) and abundance between years and kinds of parks.
I find so many great walk/bike/place articles to include in @WSDOT #WSDOTactive Walk and Roll E-News it's getting too long to look at. How many links do YOU want to see in a reading round-up? (Subscribe: bit.ly/WSDOTactive-en…)
After each edition of @WSDOT #WSDOTactive Walk/Roll E-News I take a look at which links were most popular. I'll tweet out last week's top clicks to give you an idea of what you'd see if you subscribed here: bit.ly/WSDOTactive-en…
Top links most recent #WSDOTactive e-news:
1/ Washington Bike Summit cascade.org/connect-washin… info from @CascadeBicycle #WABikeSummit
2/ Spreadsheet to update w/locations of bicycle #traffic signals in North America docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
#bikes #activetransportation
1/ Washington Bike Summit cascade.org/connect-washin… info from @CascadeBicycle #WABikeSummit
2/ Spreadsheet to update w/locations of bicycle #traffic signals in North America docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
#bikes #activetransportation
