dPlan|ArtsReady
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

dPlan|ArtsReady

Regardless of your organization’s size, scope or discipline, risk assessment and disaster planning are critical components that ensure its safety and longevity.

dPlan equips arts and cultural organizations with tools and resources for preparedness and response.

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River Town Review Toolkit from National Park Service
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

River Town Review Toolkit from National Park Service

If your river town is ready to reach it’s outdoor potential and become more vibrant and successful, the River Town Review Toolkit can help. The Toolkit leads river towns through an assessment of their outdoor recreation resources. Then, it helps develop recommendations to enhance those resources, in turn, bolstering the local economy.

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SPOTLIGHT: “What Would I Look Like?” Hip Hop and Black Placemaking Study
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

SPOTLIGHT: “What Would I Look Like?” Hip Hop and Black Placemaking Study

In-depth interviews with 25 self-defined rap/hip-hop artists explore the significance of place in modern hip-hop. Bringing together historical studies of hip-hop and sociological neighborhood studies, the authors examine how exposure to concentrated disadvantage shapes hip-hop artists’ community connections.

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CAMP-Kit - Austin’s Cultural Asset Mapping Project
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

CAMP-Kit - Austin’s Cultural Asset Mapping Project

Cultural asset mapping is an approach used around the world to collect citizen input about cultural resources and help communities articulate their community’s needs. Conducting your own CAMP project can serve as an important first step in organizing your community in support of the arts.

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SPOTLIGHT: Villa Rica Renaissance Strategic Vision and Plan (RSVP)
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

SPOTLIGHT: Villa Rica Renaissance Strategic Vision and Plan (RSVP)

In 2016 in Villa Rica, Georgia, partner organizations came together to create a strategic vision, plan, and short-term work program to guide future growth while ensuring that the city retains the small-town atmosphere and intense community pride that make Villa Rica a great place to call home.

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SPOTLIGHT: Mad River Valley Economic Study
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

SPOTLIGHT: Mad River Valley Economic Study

In 2014, Mad River Valley Development District in Vermont conducted an economic study that led to the Economic Vitality Workshop Series, designed to create an inclusive discussion surrounding the MRV’s economic development barriers and opportunities.

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SPOTLIGHT: SENDD’s Broadband Mapping Initiative
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

SPOTLIGHT: SENDD’s Broadband Mapping Initiative

The Southeast Nebraska Development District (SENDD) launches a statewide broadband speed mapping initiative to give elected officials, businesses, and the public accurate data, in order to connect rural communities and support future broadband expansion grants and projects across the state.

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SPOTLIGHT: NIRPC’s Creating Livable Communities Report
Sarah Bowker Sarah Bowker

SPOTLIGHT: NIRPC’s Creating Livable Communities Report

Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) developed “Creating Living Communities to support community-based transportation/land use projects that bring vitality to communities in order to fund development and redevelopment projects.

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