{"id":6972,"date":"2024-10-03T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neworleanscitypark.org\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2024-10-03T10:13:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:13:18","slug":"cpc-announces-updated-engagement-pathway-for-public-input-in-the-parks-planning-and-design-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neworleanscitypark.org\/blog\/cpc-announces-updated-engagement-pathway-for-public-input-in-the-parks-planning-and-design-process\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC Announces Updated Engagement Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City Park Conservancy (CPC) today unveiled an updated engagement strategy for the public to give input and ideas into the long-term planning process for the Park.<\/p>\n<p>The framework for public engagement and planning over the next year will be iterative and built on community feedback, research, and planning work previously completed. The collaborative work to date has revealed two layers of planning that structure the City Park Plan design process: Foundational Planning and Place-Making Planning.<\/p>\n<p>The following months of engagement and planning will be grounded in a process-based metaphor that all New Orleans residents know and love \u2013 Making Gumbo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Making Groceries<\/u>: Continue to bring unheard voices (including youth and marginalized communities) up to speed, inviting them to review and add to the input already received \u2013 the \u201clist of ingredients and seasoning\u201d that will inform the City Park Plan<\/li>\n<li><u>Stirring the Roux<\/u>: Together, using previous community input, review and confirm the base created from shared intentions that will hold the City Park planning process together. This is Foundational Planning.<\/li>\n<li><u>Prepping the Ingredients<\/u>: With the base made, imagine ways to preserve and enhance spaces that people are passionate about, identifying potential opportunities that will diversify visitor experiences. This is Place-Making Planning.<\/li>\n<li><u>Mixing the Gumbo<\/u>: Add the ingredients in, while bringing Foundational and Place-Making Planning concepts together, to visualize how new opportunities can be realized within the City Park Plan<\/li>\n<li><u>Taste-Testing the Gumbo<\/u>: Review the proposed City Park Plan to confirm it represents everyone\u2019s interests and ensures the best outcome for City Park\u2019s future. Further feedback will be incorporated in the following phases of design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CPC will hold its next citywide community engagement meeting on Wednesday, December 11, from 5:30-8pm, at City Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several months, we have deepened our engagement efforts, meeting with neighbors, Park user groups, community leaders and others to help inform our strategy for enhanced public input on the City Park Plan going forward,\u201d said Rebecca Dietz, CPC President and CEO. \u201cIt is important for us to take the time to be collaborative and ensure that the entire community \u2013 especially our youth \u2013 feels included.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To augment these efforts, CPC and landscape-architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., partnered with Concordia \u2013 an award-winning architecture, planning, and community engagement firm based in New Orleans \u2013 known for its work in encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to take an active role in planning and design processes, and helping to shape their outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know from our work that the people of New Orleans want to be engaged,\u201d said Bobbie Hill, Principal of Concordia. \u201cWhat we hope to bring to the City Park Plan team is building on the foundation of the work that\u2019s already been done, fill in any missing pieces and see a completed vision for the Park that resonates with all of the diverse communities of New Orleans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concordia, which was selected through a public request for proposals, is leading the recruitment and facilitation for the Park\u2019s Ideas Youth Committee, as well as guiding the expanded community engagement process.<\/p>\n<p>This deepened community engagement approach will include multiple opportunities for community members to participate, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Community Fellows program that invites residents who represent the broad spectrum of New Orleanians to serve as project ambassadors on the planning team<\/li>\n<li>Ideas Youth Committee meetings for youth ages 15-25<\/li>\n<li>Pop-up engagement events held in all five councilmember districts<\/li>\n<li>Iterative community engagement meetings at City Park<\/li>\n<li>Virtual engagement via distributed surveys and activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe started the planning process by developing a detailed understanding of existing conditions and how the Park currently functions, including recreational, cultural, ecological, hydrological, and financial aspects,\u201d said Gullivar Shepard, Partner at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. \u201cWe are extremely excited about everything we have learned from the community thus far. Now, the next phase of engagement is where this all comes together in conversations about the places that people love in the Park. This process will both imagine how to preserve these spaces and how to identify new opportunities that will expand City Park\u2019s value to all of New Orleans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The City Park Plan\u00a0will foster an innovative and thoughtful long-term proposal for City Park, grounded in serving the greater good, addressing community needs, preserving historical and cultural context, enhancing environmental resiliency, and ensuring a welcoming sense of place.<\/p>\n<p>This plan is made possible through a lead gift from the Greg Keller Foundation. For more information on the City Park Plan Engagement Pathway, click <a href=\"https:\/\/neworleanscitypark.org\/master-plan-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Park Conservancy (CPC) today unveiled an updated engagement strategy for the public to give input and ideas into the long-term planning process for the Park. 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