This month, the US Water Alliance released its newest publication, Advancing One Water Through Arts and Culture: A Blueprint for Action. In partnership with ArtPlace America, this action-oriented blueprint presents a framework outlining how water sector leaders and artists alike can engage in cross-sector collaboration to advance common goals. The report features World Garden Commons at…
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This spring, the YMCA daycare and local business take full advantage of World Garden Commons, exploring the trails, and play along the listening garden. Brian Reinarts, a landscape architect at Land Elements, has been working on the design on the site for over 4 years. Today he lead a construction meeting at the site and…
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We’re excited to share that construction of the community-designed World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park is nearing completion. Gast Construction and subcontractors are working on the final details, which include raised trails, a boardwalk, the basin overlook and natural play features, including the “spiral log” concept designed by Westside Elementary fifth graders. This final stage of construction…
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Community-driven design projects in underserved neighborhoods can not only change the built world, but also provide opportunities for residents to build their own capacities. A new book by Barbara Brown Wilson, Resilience for All: Striving for Equity Through Community-Driven Design, features the World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park, the pilot site of The Fargo Project…
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