Tag: citizen participation

Vote for the Participatory Budgeting Project's New Video

05.15.13, 9:30am Comments (0)

Vote to help the Participatory Budgeting Project win some of the $100,000 in prizes for their new Intro to PB Video. Read more »

Translating Tactical Urbanism: An Interview with Javier Vergara Petrescu

By The Enabling City

05.08.13, 3:14pm Comments (0)

Javier Vergara Petrescu is a seasoned ‘translator’ whose projects have been inspiring citizens and practitioners both at home and abroad. Read more »

Networked Co-Design: An Interview with Cristiano Siri

By The Enabling City

04.22.13, 2:33pm Comments (0)

“Open” and “participatory” have become almost synonymous with design lately. Cristiano Siri put it at the center of his work before it was fashionable. Read more »

Boston's City Hall Takes It to the Street

By Kelly McCartney

02.11.13, 9:54am Comments (0)

Taking a cue from food trucks and displaying a whole new level of civic engagement, the City of Boston recently sent the new City Hall To Go truck out on the road. Read more »

7 Ways To Reinvent Your City, Burning Man Style

By Jessica Reeder

08.15.12, 7:52pm Comments (5)

Is a participatory city possible? Yes, and Burning Man may have some lessons for urbanists everywhere. Read more »

The "Story of Change" Told By Citizens, Not Consumers

By Beth Buczynski

07.17.12, 9:46am Comments (0)

Only by getting engaged and working cooperatively can we flex our "citizen muscles" and start to catalyze real change in our communities. Read more »

New Social Network Crowdsources Better Neighborhoods

By Beth Buczynski

04.23.12, 12:58pm Comments (10)

A New Orleans-based start up focused on citizen participation and city planning hopes that its unique twist on social networking will help people 'be the change' in their own neighborhoods. Read more »