Community First Toolkit: Embedding Equity in Public Space
Date: 2019-ongoing
Source: High Line Network
Research Team: Harvard GSD - Stephen F. Gray, Caroline Filice Smith, Laura Greenberg, Anne Ning Lin; High Line Network - Asima Jansveld, Ana Traverso-Krejcarek; Urban Institute - Mary Bogle, Peter Tatian, Mychal Cohen, Sonia Torres Rodríguez, Jorge Morales-Burnett, Anne Ning Lin, Olivia Arena
The Community First Toolkit, is a resource that park organizations can use to embed equity into public spaces. Community engagement is the foundation of all the tools, and together, they offer a flexible process for ensuring that public spaces and open space projects benefit the residents and businesses they serve and avoid displacing them. Together, with over15 park organizations in the High Line Network, we explored the potential of public space to bring social, environmental, and economic benefits to our cities and towns. Over two years, we tested approaches to organizing the intentional work that is required to make a positive difference well beyond the borders of any public space.
