Parks / Recreation / Play / Sports Facility Design

90-Minute Education Session

FRI-B06 - Interagency and Community Collaboration: Great Parks Integrated with Infrastructure and Ecology

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

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Gretchen Wilson, ASLA, LEED AP

  Founding Principal
  Dig Studio

Speaker(s)

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  Cincere Eades

  Natural Resources Planner/Project Manager
  City and County of Denver Parks and Recreation

Stormwater management needs in urban environments become progressively more challenging as cities densify. By incorporating green infrastructure solutions that meaningfully increase open space and recreational opportunities for community residents, winning solutions are unfolding. Learn how interagency collaboration creates the opportunity to bring open space to a Denver neighborhood.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore how to retrofit the urban fabric to allow for drainage and water quality in ways that have tangible benefits to the community.
• Learn to lead effective community engagement to serve community residents on projects with complex project program goals.
• Understand how stormwater infrastructure design can incorporate recreation, restoration, education, and water quality.
• Learn about collaborative partnerships to meet interagency goals beyond what a single department can accomplish alone.