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SHOULD SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES SPEND MORE MONEY ON PUBLIC
SPACES IN ORDER TO INCREASE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT?
By: Fofo Kabasele
Why this is interesting to me My dads a jogger My mom is disabled (wheel chair) I personally like walking around my
town/city. Curiosity
Public spaces? A public space is a social space that is
generally open and accessible to people. Completed Roads Parks, Wetlands Sidewalks, Bike lanes, Cross walks Recreational Centers Preserved public spaces
Benefits
Having sidewalks, crosswalks, and bike lanes will promote more members in the community to be active and will provide more safety for the communities' citizens.
Community spirit will increase(parades, and more community participation.)
Appeal to possibly future citizens
Statistics
Personal-42% Social 38%; Family activity 12%, Environmental 6%, Economic 2% (Pennsylvania State University Survey)
Reduction in fatalities such as pedestrians range 44,000 since 1975 to 37,000 in 2008
Obstacles for research
Finding the statics I needed for what I wanted (updated)
making it focus on multiple sub topics (basically explaining open spaces fully)
Success
Made a great basis for a product Explained open spaces Also gave ideas as to what the
community could do for economically increase with natural resources
Link to product
Both of them dealt with community Has pedestrians involved. For my product I did a survey to ask
citizens about what they felt about their community and based it off my research.
Both involved some participation from community leaders.
Product
Survey Says
Things I learned about myself
I have a problem with delaying and put off things
I also learned that its much easier to talk to people of your age or people you can somehow relate with.
I learned if you don’t dress professional people tend to take you less seriously.
As a leader you have to know what your people are thinking
You cant please everybody
Career/college
I probably wont do anything like community serves again when comes to what want to do
This project did help understand people better.
I also learned that you have approach each individual in a different way professional.
Was it worthwhile
Yes, dealing with something and discovering something I had no idea about was truly a great experience
Thank you for your time
Do you have any questions?
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