{"id":46,"date":"2026-09-11T23:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electjoe.org\/?ej_vision=public-spaces"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:37:48","slug":"public-spaces","status":"publish","type":"ej_vision","link":"https:\/\/electjoe.org\/?ej_vision=public-spaces","title":{"rendered":"Public Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parks matter, but public life is not limited to parks.<\/p>\n<p>It happens downtown, outside businesses, at events, around schools, on sidewalks, near transit stops and anywhere people naturally gather.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The objective is not to build expensive public spaces everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>It is to understand where targeted improvements could have an outsized effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking beyond parks to the everyday places where residents meet, move, wait, gather and spend time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":4,"template":"","class_list":["post-46","ej_vision","type-ej_vision","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electjoe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ej_vision\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electjoe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ej_vision"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electjoe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ej_vision"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electjoe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}