Description

In cities across the country, civic leaders and designers are reimagining public assets such as parks, libraries, and trails to promote more engaged, equitable, and resilient communities. Learn how practitioners in Akron, Detroit, and Memphis are advancing social outcomes through new approaches to the design and management of public spaces.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain knowledge of a set of principles for advancing social outcomes through public space design and management.
• Discover how practitioners in different sectors and cities are using design of public space to advance engagement, equity, and resilience.
• Explore how the design of public assets such as parks, libraries, and trails works in tandem with innovative management practices to advance community outcomes.
• Consider how your own design work might advance important social outcomes in communities where you work.

Speaker(s):

• Alexa Bush, ASLA, Urban Design Director - East Region, City of Detroit
• Carol Coletta, President and CEO, Memphis River Parks Partnership
• Mr. Kyle Kutuchief, Program Director, Akron, Knight Foundation