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As a component of the Park’s Master Planning process, an 18-month undertaking that launched in July, City Park Conservancy – along with landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (MVVA) – wants to hear your vision for the future of City Park.
Community engagement is at the center of the planning process. Throughout the process, we will offer various opportunities for you to learn about design ideas and provide feedback to inform design, including six public meetings.
The first public meeting was held on September 27 at City Park. During this meeting, the design team introduced themselves and some of their previous work, presented results from the online survey to date, and shared initial insights for City Park. Public questions and design team answers can be found here.
The second public meeting was held on December 6 at Warren Easton High School. At this meeting, the results from the first survey were shared and the Project Team garnered input from the public on potential improvements to how visitors get to City Park (Access) and how they move through the Park safely (Circulation), as well as introduced the concept of The Wooded Island, enabling multiple opportunities for discussion and feedback. Materials presented at the meeting may be found here, along with key findings here.
The third public meeting was held on March 21 at Dillard University. At this meeting, the focus was on understanding existing conditions and identifying necessary interventions to improve the Park’s lagoons, lakes, and water systems. Essential to the history of New Orleans City Park, these areas contribute to the experience and richness of the landscape’s diverse ecosystem. Materials and key findings will be posted here soon.
Subsequent meetings will continue to elicit input from the public and focus on:
Community members may send feedback and input via email at any time to masterplan@nocp.org.
Informed by the initial survey with over 5,000 respondents and the second public meeting, the current Master Plan is reimagining two big ideas from the 1933 Master Plan to create access for to the millions of Park visitors of all backgrounds and abilities.
We want you to be informed. You can learn more with these FAQ’s answering questions that are most commonly asked surrounding the master-planning process.
City Park is embarking on a bold re-envisioning of the Park as a whole, grounded in serving the greater good, addressing community needs, deepening the historical & cultural context, improving environmental resiliency, & creating a dynamic and enduring sense of place.