Urban Open Space:

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Urban Open Space What its Good for and How to
Preserve it
Miriam Avins Baltimore Green Space
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Preserving communities treasured open
spaces Community gardens Pocket parks Open
spaces created and cared for by city residents
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Environmental Benefits
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Social Benefits
Photo Parks People Foundation
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pushing out crime
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pushing out crime recreational opportunities
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pushing out crime recreational
opportunities blight to beauty
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Economic Benefits
Courtesy of Parks People Foundation
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Baltimore Green Space will give neighborhoods
Security Liability insurance Stewardship
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Relationship with Communities
Fee simple ownership Relationship with site
manager and partner organization
Neighborhoods apply Relationship with a site
manager and a community partner Fee simple
ownership
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Progress so far
Organizational development First site
protected A strategy in Baltimores new
Sustainability Plan
NOW working from within out of Office of
Sustainability to create criteria procedures pi
lot of two sites
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Current Work
Project with Office of Sustainability
criteria procedures pilot transfer