Clusters of anchor institutions such as hospitals and healthcare facilities offer natural partners for parks practitioners to collaborate with to create, manage, and program public spaces that promote public health and serve multiple users.
Hear from panelists in Boston, Houston, and Memphis about these successful partnerships between medical centers and parks organizations to create unique and vibrant urban public spaces.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify the benefits of partnerships between medical centers and parks organizations in creating vibrant and healthy urban public spaces.
- Recognize the challenges faced by medical workers and patients and explore how placemaking can address them while promoting public health.
- Outline successful strategies for cultivating strong city and private partnerships to create privately-owned public spaces.
- Identify different site typologies and determine which programs are best suited for small, urban spaces.
- Discuss the lessons learned from the panelists in Boston, Houston, and Memphis to develop similar partnerships that promote public health and serve multiple users in other urban areas.
Speakers
Kirkwood Vangeli
Program Coordinator, Streets and Public Spaces, The Memphis Medical District Collaborative
