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INTRODUCTION

Providing quality park and recreation space for inner city residents is increasingly challenged by the limited amount of available park space in urban areas. As a result of the diminishing access to parks and open spaces, the physical and recreational needs of urban youth often go unmet. To meet these growing needs, park and recreation agencies are in a position to play an important role in the conversion of unused areas and abandoned spaces into what are being called mini or pocket parks.These unique parks are often created out of vacant lots, rooftops and otherwise forgotten and unused spaces.

WHAT IS A POCKET PARK?

A pocket park is a small outdoor space, usually no more than ¼ of an acre, usually only a few house lots in size or smaller, most often located in an urban area surrounded by commercial buildings or houses on small lots with few places for people to gather, relax, or to enjoy the outdoors. They are also called vest pocket parks, a term first used in the 1960’s. Pocket parks are urban open spaces on a small-scale and provide a safe and inviting environment for surrounding community members. They also meet a variety of needs and functions,

including: small event space, play areas for children, spaces for relaxing or meeting friends, taking lunch breaks, etc.

Successful “pocket parks” have four key qualities: they are accessible; allow people to engage in activities; are comfortable spaces and have a good image; and finally, are sociable places: one where people meet each other and take people to when they come to visit.

BENEFITS OF POCKET PARKS It is important to note that pocket parks are not intended to service an entire city in the same way as a neighborhood or city park. Each should be created with the specific interests and needs of the contiguous community–that is, the nearby individuals and families for whose use it was originally intended (Olmos, 2008). continued >

Creating Mini-Parks for Increased Physical Activity

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INTRODUCTION

Research shows that a walk in the park is more than just a nice way to spend an afternoon. It’s an essential component for good health, according to University of Illinois environment and behavior researcher Frances “Ming” Kuo. City parks and open spaces

improve our physical and psychological health, strengthen our communities, and make our cities and neighborhoods more attractive places to live, work and play. Currently eighty percent of Americans live in metropolitan areas, making urban

parks an ever increasingly important feature of urban living.

Establishing and maintaining urban parks helps revitalize communities in a variety of ways including increasing economic development opportunities; increasing daily physical activity; reconnecting children with nature; and reducing crime by providing safe, healthy alternatives for at-risk youth. But most importantly, urban parks play an important role in improving public health.

It is well established that physical activity helps prevent obesity and related medical problems. And there is mounting evidence that providing places to exercise, parks primarily, improves health. Research is also uncovering physical and mental health benefits simply by interacting with nature: reduced levels of attention deficit in children, improved cognitive ability, reduced aggressive behaviors and a general recharging of the brain. Increasingly, a growing clamor from doctors, parents, overweight persons, and even those who just want to strengthen muscles, lungs, and hearts suggests that people today want more from their parks.

SUSTAINING URBAN PARKS: THE ROLE OF PARK AND RECREATION AGENCIES

After nearly three decades of steady decline, changing public attitudes are encouraging many cities to support more investments in public infrastructure, including parks. Instead of being challenged to upgrade and maintain parks in the face of continuing neighborhood decline, park and recreation managers are now encouraged to utilize parks as a way to support positive changes in neighborhoods. And increasingly, park and recreation agencies are not expected to do this alone. In many cities and urban neighborhoods, they can count on the support of other organized constituencies, most often from the expanding community-based nonprofit sector. This trend could have many positive benefits for the United States as a whole, including a reduction in resources consumed and pollution but even more importantly, increased development and revitalization of urban parks can have a positive effect on the health and quality of life of our nation’s urban residents.

In order to successfully maintain and increase the availability of quality urban parks and thereby improve

the health of urban residents, park and recreation agencies have an important role to play in the planning, coordination and implementation of new and revitalized urban parks and recreation facilities. The experience that park and recreation agencies can provide in helping to guide the development and planning process is invaluable. The challenge ahead lies in the ability of park and recreation agencies to lead the effort in obtaining financial support and human resources as well as managing the revitalization process. continued >

Revitalizing Inner City Parks: New Funding Options Can Address the Needsof Underserved Urban Communities

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By 2030, one in every 10 adults or 552 million people — could have diabetes. Poor diet and lack of opportunities for physical activity are fueling soaring rates of cancer in the middle-aged with the numbers of those in their forties and fifties diagnosed with the illness rising by a fifth in the last 30 years. Physical inactivity and overweight are factors in over 200,000

premature deaths each year. In addition to the extraordinary toll on our nation’s health, obesity also poses a tremendous financial burden, with costs estimated at $117 billion annually.

Even as routine physical activity seems to be declining, recognition of its importance is growing in the public health community. Evidence is mounting that even moderate physical activity

can have a significant impact on health, an impact that goes far beyond weight control. Not only does exercise lead to longer life as demonstrated by longevity statistics and life expectancy tables but it also leads to greater quality of life in one’s later years.

Only a few lifestyle choices have as large an impact on health as physical activity. People who are physically active for about 7 hours a week have a 40 percent lower risk of dying early than those who are active for less than 30 minutes a week. Aerobic exercise of any kind has been shown to extend life 12 years beyond the expected life span of those who do not stay active.

The following are a few of the health benefits of routine physical exercise according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

n A minimum of 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity lowers the risk for heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in the United States

n Lower rates of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are seen in people who exercise 120 to 150 minutes a week of at least moderate-intensity aerobic activity and the more physical activity one gets, the lower the risk

n Physically active people have a lower risk of colon cancer than do people who are not active

n Physically active women have a lower risk of breast cancer than do people who are not active

n Some findings suggest risk of endometrial cancer and lung cancer may be lower with regular physical activity

THE BENEFITS OF PARKS AND RECREATION

Historically, public parks and outdoor recreation areas, particularly in cities, were developed for health purposes. By the 1890’s, landscape architects and park planners were concerned about sedentary lifestyles. The 19th-century “Rational Recreation” movements sought to encourage forms of leisure considered superior—and contact with nature was a primary component. The health benefit of exposure to nature was an article of faith. Today, those health benefits are being quantified, and scientific research is documenting the data supporting what 19th-century planners believed.

The thousands of acres of parks can do more to serve the important purpose of helping people become healthier. With a growing clamor about obesity from doctors, parents, researchers and public health officials, it’s time for people to understand that parks and recreation are more than simply pretty places, they are places that can help people to become healthier and fit. continued >

___________________Even a moderate amount of

physical acitivity can have a

significant impact on health that

goes far beyond weight control.

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Physical Activity: The Key to Good Health and Reducing Obesity

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Design - BuildIf you have a project that demonstrates successful application of design-build principles, including collaboration in the project’s early stages and the acceptance of single-entity risk, it’s time to enter it in the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) 2008 National Design-Build Project Award competition.

Submitted projects must have been completed between March 31, 2005, and March 31, 2008. They must have been completed on time, on budget and without litigation. Non-winning entries from previous Project Award competitions are eligible for resubmission, provided they were completed within the eligibility dates.

The entry fee for DBIA members is $399* per project. Non-member entries are $699. The fee must accompany all entries, payable to “Design-Build Institute of America.”

*To receive the DBIA member rate, you must be an Industry Partner. Contact Michelle Johnson, DBIA Member Services Coordinator, at [email protected] to become an Industry Partner. Individual memberships do not qualify a non-member firm for the member rate.

Winning project submissions may receive a National Design-Build, Design-Build Excellence or Design-Build Merit Award.

A jury consisting of DBIA members, owners and design-builders will judge all entries in June 2008 at the DBIA national office in Washington, D.C. Project Award presentations will occur at a special awards ceremony during the 2008 Design-Build Conference & Expo in Las Vegas on Nov. 4, 2008.

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Rehabilitation/Renovation/Restorationn Includes existing projects that utilized design-build

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Public Sector Building n Over $15 Million

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n Their use of design-build in a new application, such as BIM, D-BOT, D-BOM and others, new project type or the development and use of new technology.

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n Their advancement of design-build best practices.

n Their service to the design-build community, its patrons and the public.

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2008 Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award Competition

Now is your chance to show appreciation for an individual’s significant contributions to the design and construction industry and outstanding leadership in advancing design-build delivery.

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Nominations

Nomination submissions are free and must be presented in Microsoft Word format to Stephenie Zvonkovich at [email protected]. Visit www.dbia.org/about/awards/brunelleschi for complete nomination instructions and requirements. DBIA must receive completed nominations no later than May 30, 2008.

2006 Award WinnerRebekah G. Gladson

2007 Award WinnerGerald Rauenhorst

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2002 Award WinnerPreston H. Haskell

Individuals demonstrating leadership in advancement of design-build practices and design-build as the project delivery method of choice are eligible for a DBIA Distinguished Leadership Award. Nominees need not hold DBIA membership.

NominationsDBIA members, other practitioners or nominees themselves may submit a nomination. Submit nominations in a Microsoft Word format via e-mail to Stephenie Zvonkovich at [email protected]. DBIA will not accept fax submissions. For complete nomination information, visit www.dbia.org/about/awards/leadership/. The nomination deadline is May 30, 2008.

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