Civic centers should connect
people to their public institutions.
PPS turns these crucial public spaces--our courthouses, libraries, seats of government, and cultural institutions--into assets for both the institutions they represent and the communities they serve.
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PPS on Civic Centers
- Stumbling Blocks to Creating Great Civic Centers...and How to Overcome Them
Solutions to four common problems.
- Libraries That Matter
The creation of the "information superhighway" threatened to make libraries obsolete, but today they are as prominent as ever, redefining themselves as community centers for the 21st Century.
- The Emerging Culture of Place
In an era when cities and towns are changing rapidly, public spaces are the key to reviving civic engagement. Here's how one city is making it happen.
- Making Places Newsletter: November 2007 – Civic Institutions
Partners for Livable Communities talks with PPS about how cultural institutions--museums, churches, libraries, public buildings, colleges and arts organizations--are reaching beyond their walls to work with communities.
For more information on PPS's Civic Centers program, contact:
Cynthia Nikitin