A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
October 14, 2022
Presented by: Carlos F. Perez
A thoughtfully planned, designed, and managed parks and recreation system can provide profound and wide-reaching benefits not only to the local community but to the greater public realm. Join Carlos F. Perez of Perez Planning + Design, LLC, for an inspiring presentation detailing these public open spaces’ potential to help improve everything from transportation to stormwater and utility systems. Drawing on a few of his firm’s projects as examples, Carlos will outline a deliberate, reasoned, and highly effective approach to sustainable park design that will offer valuable insight to creators of all outdoor spaces.
Webinar Contents:
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- Intro/TOC
- Underlying Concepts and Influences
- A New Approach to Parks and Recreation System Planning to Generate Multiple Benefits
- 7 Key Factors for Success
- Case Studies of the Multiple Dimensions of Parks and Recreation Systems
0:00 – 6:15: Intro/TOC
Presentation Objectives (4:02):
- Parks and recreation systems can generate multiple sustainability and resiliency benefits if they are thoughtfully planned, designed, and managed as part of a broader public realm that includes transportation, stormwater, and utility systems.
- We need a more comprehensive and collaborative parks and recreation system planning process to realize these benefits.
6:16 – 15:59: Underlying Concepts and Influences
Sustainable communities, 1987 (6:22)
Public Realm as an integrated system for sustainability (7:34)
- City of Norfolk, VA (8:10)
- John Crompton, repositioning, 2007 (9:00)
Placemaking and activation (9:33)
- National 10-Minute Walk Initiative (10:05)
- Cranz, Politics of Park Design, 1982 (10:25)
- Cranz, The Sustainable Park, 2004 (11:16)
Green infrastructure (11:50)
- Stormwater Park (11:50)
Resiliency (Rockefeller Foundation framework, 2014) (13:20)
Miami-Dade County master plan (2007) (13:54)
- Kissimee Lakefront Park (14:15)
High-performance public spaces (HPPS) (must meet 80%) (15:00)
- Criteria for an HPPS (15:35)
16:00 – 21:40: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation System Planning to Generate Multiple Benefits
Traditional vs. New Approach (16:12)
21:41 – 31:37: 7 Key Factors for Success
1. Strong leader (23:45)
2. Collaborative disciplinary team (23:45)
3. Intentionality: multiple dimensions (25:05)
4. Hypothetical vision + preliminary implementation framework (25:39)
5. Scientific, mixed-methods, triangulated approach (26:23)
- Extensive public engagement (27:21)
6. LOS metrics: resiliency and sustainability (29:26)
7. Compelling graphics (30:08)
31:38 – end: Case Studies of the Multiple Dimensions of Parks and Recreation Systems
Economic development / bicycle and pedestrian access / green infrastructure (32:20)
Affordable housing (41:57)
Discussion on preliminary implementation and backlash, and the importance of keeping the preliminary plan internal (45:00)
Discussion on strategies to implement a better parks and recreation plan for smaller communities with fewer resources (46:14)
Carlos' favorite park: Piedmont Park in Atlanta (49:19)
Presenter's contact information:
Carlos F. Perez, PLA
Perez Planning + Design, LLC
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