This park is more of a civic space, with skating and regular events, but there are plenty of trails though wooded areas.

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What we're promised is what the prime minister described as "the largest civic space in Europe - a place for start-up companies and the local community to come together and become the next generation of entrepreneurs".

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In most other African countries, the space for civic activism is severely restricted.

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The Harquebusiers to whom it belonged held meetings and festivities there, civic officials rented the space for receptions and dinners, and, we learn, it also served as a public tavern.

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The report states that city centre car parks could be gradually replaced with "more valuable" uses such as housing and civic spaces, as demand for parking space decreases.

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Early in the design process, Arad was teamed with the landscape architect Peter Walker, who shares his minimalist sensibility, and they have made the space around the two footprints a handsome and restrained civic square, with oak trees, benches, and light poles giving the place a kind of quiet, firm order.

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For instance, the promotion of an ethnic street fair creates more inclusive public space, generates economic inclusion, and encourages cultural inclusion along with civic participation.

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