In an effort to make a more inclusive and social community, our group decided on enhancing public parks by having better recreational  equipment or scheduled community events to attract community members therefore creating a stronger bond among the community.

What is the issue?

Main Issue: How to get young adults to go outside/ parks

• How to make location accessible for everyone/ accommodate to people’s needs
  
• How to expand the land
• What can we contribute to this park to make it more appealing to our audience

Summary

• In our initial research phase, we sent out a survey to community members to gain a better understanding of what type of things they look for in a park as well as the most suitable park environments. Through this stage we were able to gain important information such as correlation between age groups and activities or activities and most desirable weather which would later help us come up with more solid ideas for activities and events.  
• We also researched parks around the world to see what worked well in other parks and to see what works and what doesn’t.
• Once we had that information we were able to work on 3D models of designs for the park

Survey

Likes

• Taking pictures
• Having places to hangout 
• Cellphones, tv, etc.
• Personal time (aka: no parents included)

Dislikes

• Being bored/ not having anyone to talk to
• Being glued to a screen all day
• Crowded areas 

Testing

What the audience liked

•  L’s Video
  • Having a Stage for Major performances,
  • Being able to incorporate little areas for games and prizes
• G’s Diorama
  • There’s a lot more benches!
  • Viewers like the idea of different sections for different activities at the park!

How we can improve

• L’s Video
  • Try incorporating an exact replica of the park that you would want to use and add onto that replica.
  • DON’T START A PARK FROM SCRATCH (it’s time consuming and money)
• G’s Diorama
  • There are questions about parking.
  • The audience wants more trash cans and possibly a community garden.
  • Not having bikers bike through the park to avoid collisions. 

Potential Changes

• No riding Bikes
• Food Truck/Small Business Area
• More Accessible Benches
• More green spaces to lounge in
• Sink for the little kids park with supervision

If we were to do this project again we would spend more time planning out the park’s location because we feel like we could have talked about it a little more.

Something we liked about the project was the general experience of looking for problems in the community and finding solutions to those problems.

What we wish we could do with this project is actually bring this project to the community.