FRI-B03: Cultivating Legacy: Transformative Engagement Strategies to Build a Park for All

Friday, October 27, 2023

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Megan Horn, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Associate Principal
Studio MLA
Los Angeles, California

Speaker(s)

David Diaz (he/him/his)

Executive Director
Active San Gabriel Valley
El Monte, California
Chester Kano, Architect (he/him/his)

Chief of Development
Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
Alhambra, California

When the nation’s second-largest landfill closed it left behind a degraded landscape. Since then, an ambitious revitalization effort ensued, and an unprecedented set of partnerships formed, fusing traditional outreach, neighborhood activism, civil service, non-profit enthusiasm, and equity-driven design principles to cast an expansive net across the region and welcome participation.

Learning Outcomes:

Review traditional outreach methods, and the quality of feedback given to assess if it truly reaches a diverse audience.
Recognize the process of neighborhood and cultural change over the lifespan of the project’s design process and how to leverage volunteers early on to help maintain the project’s future.
How to build future job training opportunities into the park design.
How to engage across cultures, languages, and age barriers.