Making Space for Parks

Report Summary: This toolkit serves as a resource that provides the fundamentals of best practices and international case studies for the private and public sectors to activate underutilized open spaces.

It aims to:

• Help communities and private owners understand the value of green open spaces;
• Summarize approaches for creating and activating these spaces while incorporating sustainability and social equity; and
• Describe funding and maintenance strategies for the private sector and the city to support new or enhanced park space