Giving Teens A Say In Community Plans

Teenagers in Providence, Rhode Island, are getting a taste of classic planning issues.

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August 8, 2006, 10:00 AM PDT

"Two-dozen teenagers are getting the chance to play urban planner in the very neighborhoods where they live and go to school.

Thanks to a program run by Volunteers in Providence Schools, these high school students will redesign a street in the West End or Olneyville and then present their revitalization plans to the city Department of Planning and Development.

Working in small groups, each team will pick a one-block area and develop a plan to refurbish that street using the "elements of great neighborhoods."

Thanks to D. A. Varnado, AICP

FULL STORY: Planning a city from teens' viewpoint

Friday, August 4, 2006 in Rhode Island News

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