Where does community life happen?
Parks matter, but public life is not limited to parks.
It happens downtown, outside businesses, at events, around schools, on sidewalks, near transit stops and anywhere people naturally gather.
DHS 2040 looks at how relatively small improvements can sometimes make existing places more useful: shade, seating, landscaping, safer crossings, public art or simply creating a comfortable place to stop.
The objective is not to build expensive public spaces everywhere.
It is to understand where targeted improvements could have an outsized effect.
