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1 Appendix B Best Practices Catalog 6/6/ Improving Existing Parks Retrofit Existing Parks Multi-Function and Multi-Use High Use Facilities Activities Grouped Into Settings Adding Play in a Natural Context Maintenance Friendly Joint Use Facilities 2 Creating Diverse New Open Spaces School Yards--> "Schoolyard Parks" Parking Lots--> flexible open spaces Creeks (connectivity, attractive sites for parks, trails) Community Gardens New Neighborhood Park & Playgrounds in Underserved Areas Utility Corridors 3 Improving Existing Right of Way (ROW) Improving Access & Connectivity Bike Facilities Trails, Stairs and Paths Improving Sidewalks 4 Repurposing Street ROW Flexible Lanes Pavement to Parks & Plazas Community Gardens Play Areas 5 Integrating Green Infrastructure Regenerative Landscape (Soil, Water and Bay Area Friendly Planting) Integrated Stormwater Management (Reducing Impervious Surface, Planters, etc) Water Management (Irrigation, Recycled Water, etc) Material Production + Energy Harvesting Improving Environmental Benefits Through Materials 6 Building Social Infrastructure Support Maintenance of Parks, Greenways/ Trails, Improved ROWs Support Community Building (Strong Neighborhoods & Commercial Areas, Community Identity) Best Practices Retrofit of an Existing Park 1. Improving Existing Parks Dixieanne Park, Sacramento

2 Retrofit of an Existing Park Multi-functional and Multi-user POGO Park (Elm Park), Richmond Jamison Square, Portland High Use Facilities Activities Grouped Into Settings

3 Adding Play in a Natural Context Maintenance Friendly Joint Use Facilities 2. Creating Diverse, New Open Spaces Glendale Edison School, Pacific Park

4 Schoolyard to Schoolyard Parks Schoolyard to Schoolyard Parks SFUSD SFUSD Parking Lots to Flexible Open Spaces Creeks (connectivity, attractive sites for parks, trails) Schenley Plaza, Pittsburg Baxter Creek, El Cerrito

5 Creeks (connectivity, attractive sites for parks, trails) Parking Lot, North Park Theater Parking Lots to Flexible Open Spaces Baxter Creek, El Cerrito North Park Theater Parking Lot, San Diego Creeks (connectivity, attractive sites for parks, trails) Creeks (connectivity, attractive sites for parks, trails) Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt, Oakland Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt, Oakland

6 Community Gardens New Neighborhood Park in Underserved Area Doyle Hollis Park, Emeryville Utility Corridor to Trails Utility Corridor to Trails West San Gabriel River Utility Corridor West San Gabriel River Utility Corridor

7 Improving Access & Connectivity 3. Improving Existing Street Right-of-Way Green Lane, Long Beach Improving Access & Connectivity 50% Improving Access & Connectivity 300% 100% Green Lane, Long Beach Green Lane, Long Beach

8 Improving Connectivity Trails, Stairs, etc Improving Connectivity Trails, Stairs, etc Ohlone Greenway, El Cerrito Improving Connectivity - Trails, Stairs, etc Sidewalks

9 Sidewalks Sidewalks (Sometimes, all it takes is a ping pong table ) Flex Lanes 4. Repurposing Street Right-of-Way Mountain View

10 Pavement to Parks & Plazas Pavement to Parks & Plazas Upper Market, San Francisco Upper Market, San Francisco Pavement to Parks & Plazas Community Gardens Los Angeles Gilman Gardens, Seattle

11 Community Gardens Gilman Gardens, Seattle Community Gardens Gilman Gardens, Seattle Gilman Gardens, Seattle Community Gardens Community Gardens Quesada Ave, San Francisco Quesada Ave, San Francisco

12 Play Areas Summer Streets, NYC Play Areas Summer Streets, NYC Summer Streets, NYC Play Areas Pearl Street, Boulder Play Areas Neighborhood Pearl Street, Boulder Pearl Street, Boulder

13 Play Areas Sustrans Streets, England Play Areas Sustrans Streets, England Sustrans Streets, England Regenerative Landscape Soil Water Plants 5. Integrating Green Infrastructure Windrush, El Cerrito

14 Regenerative Landscape Regenerative Landscape Adeline Street, Emeryville Adeline Street, Emeryville Regenerative Landscape Regenerative Landscape Doyle Hollis Park, Emeryville Pollinator Pathway, Seattle

15 Regenerative Landscape Integrated Stormwater Management Pollinator Pathway, Seattle Integrated Stormwater Management Integrated Stormwater Management Dixieanne Ave, Sacramento Dixieanne Ave, Sacramento

16 Dixieanne Ave, Sacramento Integrated Stormwater Management Dixieanne Ave, Sacramento Water Management Dixieanne Ave, Sacramento Dixieanne Ave, Sacramento Material Production & Harvesting Village Homes Streets, Davis Material Production & Harvesting Village Homes Streets, Davis Village Homes Streets, Davis

17 Harvesting Improving Environmental Benefits Through Materials Cermak / Blue Island, Chicago Support Maintenance 6. Building Social Infrastructure Berkeley Rose Garden

18 Support Maintenance Identity Guerrero Street, San Francisco Identity, Urban Form and Sense of Place Portland, Oregon

19 Savannah, Georgia Davis, California

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