WHAT WOULD A LOCAL GOVERNMENT VERSION OF KICKSTARTER LOOK LIKE?
Join the Alliance for Innovation and Justin Golbabai with the City of Austin, TX on September 20th for a short 30 minute deep dive into their award winning Neighborhood Partnering Program (NPP). Seen as cutting edge of placemaking and building neighborhood scale green infrastructure, NPP as a means to fund and build small community projects. But, the program does not end there – it manages the implementation from concept to construction!
Takeaways:
- A model for engaging citizens to transform underutilized space
- How to leverage in-house engineering and field crews
- Strategies for implementing in your own organization and community
NPP has also been the recipient of numerous national awards: American Planning Association’s 2015 Leadership in Sustainability Award, the American Public Works Association’s 2015 Management Innovation Award as well as a 2016 TLG Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award.
