SAT-A03: Want Equity and Prosperity? An Action Guide for Parks and Public Space

Saturday, November 12, 2022

11:00am – 12:15pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Room 211-212

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Alexa Bush, ASLA

Program Officer, Detroit Program
Kresge Foundation
Detroit, Michigan

Speaker(s)

Paul D. Bauknight, Jr.

Project Implementation Director
Minneapolis Parks Foundation
Golden Valley, Minnesota

Speakers will share successful outcomes-oriented design and leadership practices from Minneapolis and Detroit, demonstrating how intentional investment in and management of parks and public spaces can reduce racism, build trust, deliver health equity, and advance equitable wealth creation.

Learning Outcomes:

Identify the impacts produced by the design of the public realm for people of varying backgrounds and abilities and recognize opportunities for landscape architects to design for prosperity and wellbeing.
Explore resources and techniques for advancing equitable outcomes through creating a nature-rich public realm that provides environmental, economic, and health benefits for diverse communities.
Investigate examples of place-based interventions that, by design, lead to building community trust, generate economic growth, reduce racism, and improve health and wellbeing.
Use the action guide to demonstrate and advocate for the importance of place and reveal the opportunity to generate equity and shared prosperity via park and public space work.