{"id":7764,"date":"2025-03-19T16:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neworleanscitypark.org\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:44:34","slug":"city-park-conservancy-invites-community-to-next-planning-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neworleanscitypark.org\/blog\/city-park-conservancy-invites-community-to-next-planning-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"City Park Conservancy Invites Community to Next Planning Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Park Conservancy (CPC) invites members of the Greater New Orleans region to take part in the third of four interactive community planning meetings to help design the future of New Orleans City Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Community Meeting: <\/span>Mixing the Gumbo<\/span><\/i> is part of a series of iterative planning meetings that use a <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/b>Making Gumbo<\/span><\/b>\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/a> metaphor to describe the planning process, and will be held on Wednesday, April 9 at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters. Because of the large turnout at past meetings, participants are asked to choose between a morning session at 11:30am or an evening session at 6pm. Refreshments and food will be provided. The Park asks attendees to please <\/span>RSVP now<\/span><\/b><\/a> for their preferred session to ensure there are accommodations and planning materials for everyone<\/span>.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this meeting, participants will combine the Foundational Planning Themes and Placemaking Ideas from past meetings to begin the co-design process for the City Park Plan. This session will focus on aligning these ideas with the Core Intentions established during previous sessions and transforming them into actionable integrated planning designs for the Park\u2019s future.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis meeting is going to be very informative for our community members,\u201d said Rebecca Dietz, CPC President and CEO. \u201cThis is where the concepts that the public has shared with us are becoming a part of the Park\u2019s actual design plan. We\u2019re excited to show people how their ideas are coming to life.\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the last Community Meeting in January, residents and stakeholders engaged in a collaborative placemaking activity to shape the future of City Park. Using a structured reference sheet with Existing and Future Placemaking Ideas as a guide, participants categorized key proposals into three areas:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n