Location: Toronto, ON
Website: www.davidsuzuki.org
Inspired by Richard Louv and Douglas Tallamy, in 2013 we embarked on a mission to establish the world's first "Homegrown National Park" by crowd-sourcing a vibrant green corridor along the former path of Garrison Creek in the City of Toronto.
In the project's first year, our 21 volunteer Neighbourhood Park Rangers helped partner organizations to spur more than a dozen creative green interventions, from pothole planters and canoe gardens to butterfly friendly schoolyards and "parkify-ing" a residential street.
In 2014 we are aiming to deepen and expand the project to adjacent neighbourhoods in the Greater Garrison Creek area. We will begin connecting with community groups this winter and plan to train another crop of Park Rangers in the spring. Find out more by reading stories below, and stay tuned by joining our Facebook page.
If you're interested in getting involved or learning more, feel free to contact project leader Jode Roberts.
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OpenCity Projects
Location: Toronto
Website: www.ubmfuturecities.com
Launched in 2006, OpenCity Projects is a creative lab that is all about great urban experiences. We aim to elevate the role of public space in building strong communities through our research, community engagement and blog.
In our research projects, we view place through the eyes of people who use it every day and apply our insights to help create vibrant urban experience. Our blog covers creative uses of public space in cities around the world—from sustainable materials and beautiful landscaping to unexpected programming.
The OpenCity name was inspired by Toronto. Now in its ‘youth’, we feel that Toronto is open like no other city—open to change, cultures and interpretation. We take inspiration from this open quality and learn from other cities’ design approach to inform our creative perspective.
We help make public space into more meaningful places. Working with a range of partners, we’ve done projects for:
• Town of Markham, Planning & Urban Design
• Luminato
• Futurebrand
• Tourism Toronto
• City of Toronto, Urban Development Services
• OCAD University
Website: www.ubmfuturecities.com
Launched in 2006, OpenCity Projects is a creative lab that is all about great urban experiences. We aim to elevate the role of public space in building strong communities through our research, community engagement and blog.
In our research projects, we view place through the eyes of people who use it every day and apply our insights to help create vibrant urban experience. Our blog covers creative uses of public space in cities around the world—from sustainable materials and beautiful landscaping to unexpected programming.
The OpenCity name was inspired by Toronto. Now in its ‘youth’, we feel that Toronto is open like no other city—open to change, cultures and interpretation. We take inspiration from this open quality and learn from other cities’ design approach to inform our creative perspective.
We help make public space into more meaningful places. Working with a range of partners, we’ve done projects for:
• Town of Markham, Planning & Urban Design
• Luminato
• Futurebrand
• Tourism Toronto
• City of Toronto, Urban Development Services
• OCAD University
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