Streamlined Permitting for PopUp Installations
Streamlined application process for short-term, low costimprovements in public rights-of-way. These installations may be demonstrations to test future, permanent solutions.
Underground Parks
Underground parks provide public space in subterranean areas.
Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge
Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge held playful community programming on a vacant lot to tackle thorny issues such as gentrification, environmental restoration and housing through participatory design.
Scrabble in the Park
Create a giant Scrabble board for a community game in public spaces.
Outdoor Dining & Sidewalk Cafes
Outdoor cafes and dining extends restaurant seating and enlivens the sidewalk environment. Cities enact rules and policies to balance restaurant activity with the public's' interest in public spaces.
Pocket Parks
A pocket park (also vest-pocket park or mini-park) is a small park accessible to the general public created on small and/or irregularly shaped parcels of land. They also may be created as part of a large building project.
Public Space Stewardship Guide
San Francisco CA has issued the Public Space Stewardship Guide: A toolkit for funding, programming and maintenance. Focused on parks and small scale projects, the guide is presented in both pdf and a web-based formats.
Backyard Chicken Keeping Programs
Backyard chicken keeping is a growing practice among city and suburb dwellers seeking fresh foods and pets.
Invasive Species Management
Invasive aquatic, plant, animal & microbial species disrupt local ecological systems, causing negative impacts for local flora & fauna, posing economic threats, and destabilizing systems.
Tree Canopy
Tree canopy programs increase and maintain tree canopy coverage in urban & suburban areas for commercial & residential settings.
Bus Stop Farmers' Markets
Co-locating farmers markets and transit provides convenient access to fresh foods Co-locating farmers markets and transit provides convenient access to fresh foods
Economic Benefits
Support for green infrastructure can rely on making the economic case for dollars saved and multiple benefits of installations. Image: Center for Neighborhood Technology & American Rivers
Shared Stormwater Management
Shared stormwater best management practices (BMPS) collect and manage stormwater from several properties, typically saving space, money and maintenance costs. Shared stormwater best management practices (BMPS) collect and manage stormwater from several properties, typically saving space, money and maintenance costs.
Bioswales
Bioswales are stormwater runoff conveyance systems that can absorb low flows or heavy rains to improve water quality by filtering storm water. The thicker and heavier the grasses, the better the swale can filter out contaminants. Bioswales are stormwater runoff conveyance systems that can absorb low flows or heavy rains to improve water quality by filtering storm water.