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Trails & Open Spaces - a CDFW Urban Design Talk

Updated: Jul 1, 2021

Focusing on Parks, Trails & Greenspace in Fort Worth

Join Community Design Fort Worth for the second in a series of Urban Design Talks.





We had a great conversation about Parks, Trails and Greenspace on June 23rd, More information about the program can be found below -


Event Description


Do you LOVE your local park? Do you wish there were more bike trails in your community?


The topic of our June 23rd program will focus on the main topic we heard from Fort Worthians in our Community Vision Survey -- Parks, Trails & Greenspace.


Join us for a focused conversation on the Parks and Trails in Fort Worth! What is coming down the pipeline for our city? What can our citizens do to activate their community parks and green spaces? Find out at this next Urban Design Talk!


Join the conversation around:

  • The history of Fort Worth's planning efforts around Parks, Trails & Greenspace.

  • What Fort Worthians are saying about the public open spaces in our community.

  • The evolution of organizations like Streams & Valleys and plans like the Fort Worth Active Transportation Plan.

  • The focus of the City of Fort Worth's planning efforts around open space - and some of the difficulties around implementing these efforts.

  • The important choices being made between designing open spaces that are beautiful, functional, accessible, and that manage public funding well.

  • Resources and opportunities for planners and community organizers to influence our community's parks trails and greenspace.

  • What makes open space successful - why some spaces are used and others are not.

  • Innovative opportunities for Fort Worth's parks, trails & green spaces.




WHEN

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 5:30-7:00 pm


WHERE

Zoom

CONTACT

hello@designfortworth.org

TICKETS

Tickets were "pay what you can" -- $20 suggested donation

$35 for CEU credit

(ASLA and AICP/APA Now approved!, pending confirmation of AIA CEUs)


Featured Speakers




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About Urban Design Talks

CDFW Urban Design Talks are monthly chats for the community to learn, converse and grow in all things urban design. Talks will cover a broad list of topics including tiny homes, water & design, food deserts, the history of housing in Fort Worth, and so much more!


Stay tuned for some of our upcoming Design Talks...



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About Community Design Fort Worth

Community Design | Fort Worth is a nonprofit organization with a mission to enhance the quality of life in Fort Worth communities by:

  • Serving as a resource for design and planning assistance

  • Engaging the public in dialogue about key issues and opportunities

  • Undertaking long-term visioning in anticipation of future challenges




Who are the Urban Design Talks for?


You should come to CDFW’s Urban Design Talk: “What’s GOOD in Your Neighborhood?” if you want to learn about how to interact with your community and actually make a change.


Get a great snapshot of where you live and work, and understand the practice of asset-based community development with the focus on what is WORKING. Don’t miss out! Register at https://bit.ly/CDFW-WhatsGood!


What is Asset-Based Community Development?


What is Asset-Based Community Development?


How you view the neighborhood that you live or work in is going to largely influence the way that you act. A neighborhood is often seen from the perspective of its largest problems. “That is a dangerous neighborhood,” “That neighborhood looks trashy,” “There is a lot of poverty in that community.” How many times have you heard one or more of these as the first description of a neighborhood?


We all know about the negative things that are a part of our community, but, on the other side of every deficit is an asset begging for some attention. Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is focused on identifying the positive, useful, or valuable things, people, or qualities in a community and celebrating what is an asset within that area.


The goal is not to tell you to “fix” neighborhood problems, but to demonstrate how to recognize the assets, and empower communities so that community members can build or rebuild their community and neighborhoods for themselves.


Register for CDFW’s Urban Design Talk: "What's GOOD in your Neighborhood", where we will dive deeper into this topic. Learn more at designfortworth.org/urban-design-talks.




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