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    Progressive Reforms

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    It is difficult to picture a city or town without a park or a playground for everyone to enjoy free of charge. This thought is not as far fetched, as some might believe. The massive movement for communities to provide public lands for relaxation, leisure and play has its roots in the Progressive Reforms around the turn of the twentieth century. The congestion of urban centers and the fading concept of child labor creates unintended consequences such as an increase in crime, lack of natural landscape

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    “Finally, a ‘sense of place’ that makes sense.” Oak Creek is one of Irvine’s newest communities having been built in the late 90’s and early 00’s. Its proximity to the 405, the 5, and 133 Freeways give residents easy access to the surrounding area. For example, the Irvine Spectrum is only five minutes away. Perhaps the greatest thing about living in Oak Creek is the number of wonderful vibrant “third places” you will find here. A “third place” is a public gathering space used for social and recreational

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    Chelsea could tear down all the useless buildings in and around the City Hall, there will be some conflict on whether the buildings should stay or go. Chelsea should tear down the buildings and make space for new and better things like parks or new stores. People will be happier without all the old buildings in the way of perfectly beautiful views. This will work for Chelsea because there needs to be more space and less old buildings that nobody likes. These buildings are a nuisance, so

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    Naked Economics Chapter 4

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    no longer provide adequate funds for its state park system. The governor has proposed a “group maintenance” policy for the parks. This means that all the parks in a given part of the state would be managed on a group basis. Eliminated would be all of the individual local park managers. Several million people visit these parks each year – an important part of the state’s tourism. What might be some feasible solutions to the funding problems of the park system? We all know that the tourism plays

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    Project Title: RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY PARK Estimated Value: $1,907,850 The cost to build parks & landscaping in Massachusetts depends upon the location, project scope, specific components used and current market conditions. If you are looking to size the cost of building a project similar to this one, Project Description: Park[s], Landscaping Riverside Community Park. Nature and scope of work: site improvements associated with the construction of a community park. The project includes a pergola, architectural

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    Dog Park Research Paper

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    A dog park can benfit a lot of poeple and pets, Poeple can walk around the park while there dogs run around and play. The park would only be one acre of open land with a fence surrounding the park. It would be plenty of room for a dog to run around and have fun. Dogs have been mans best freinds forever and we want to treat them as such so we need a park for our dogs. It is a need for dogs to be able to exercise. If we dont exercise our dogs they can be a danger to the owners and people around

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    Dog Park Exercise

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    Dog parks in the city would help dogs get daily excercise and it would help them get in shape and it would also help to calm them down beacuse it is proven that dogs that get daiy ecercise tends to be more playful,less noisy,and isin't mean. but the cost of building a dog park would cost up to 70,000$ just for the fence thats not including a building permit and all the work. Most dogs would benifit from having a local dog park but the federal cost of funding a dog park would be outrageous even though

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    Despite the talk of national parks and national resource parks, the main focus is the everyday park. While I was sitting on the side of the Raritan River I thought to myself how interesting the set up was. As I walked up there was a bench placed perfectly in this gap of trees that allowed you to look out onto the reflecting water. The thing that stuck out to me was the large abundance of trees, but what would a park be without trees? They were perfectly aligned and created the perfect picture frame

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    Mason city is famous for the Music Man Square but is home to the National Guard Transportation Company. Mason City is located in Iowa with a population of 27,430. The official name of the National Guard is 1133rd National Guard Transportation Company. The National Guard is important to the history of Mason city because of its Early history, changes, and its legacy. First off, the National Guard has affected citizens of mason city. The National Guards history traces back to 1862 ( during the Civil

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    The Future Of The Parks

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    Parks have been around for many years. They truly have impacted not only suburbs, but they have majorly impacted cities. Without the invention of parks it would be hard to escape city life. Cities are still changing from what they used to be and how they are designed. However the future of the parks is unsure due to funding and lack of maintenance. The first idea of a park was from William Penn in 1682. He created a plan for Philadelphia to have five areas of park - like land. Then James Oglethorpe

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