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90-Minute Education Session

FRI-C08: Making the Most of Leftover Land

Friday, October 27, 2023
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
1.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

From San Francisco’s Garden District comes the story of a long linear park growing within a sliver of leftover land along Highway 101. The Freeway Greenway serves as a model for re-envisioning forgotten fringes into community-led space—built on a history of immigration, inclusive engagement, land stewardship, and partnerships.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Articulate the importance of re-envisioning underutilized land along infrastructure as spaces for co-creation and community wellbeing.
  • Recognize the importance of leaving space in a plan—through a flexible framework—for community visions to take place.
  • Evaluate an implementation model that supports and builds community stewardship of public realm improvement projects.
  • Identify community engagement strategies that successfully engage multi-lingual communities and draw on lived experience to develop a project identity.