Parklets empower cities to reclaim our streets as places for people – not just people in cars. Parklets are when car parking is converted to a use other than for cars. Parklets can be permanent or temporary, as in the case of our recent PARK(ing) Day event when several businesses Read more…
Idaho Smart Growth brings together partners to Unpave Parking Spots and Put up a Paradise for People in Celebration of PARK(ing) Day 2019. Parking spaces along 8th, 9th and Main streets in downtown Boise, and around the globe, to be reclaimed and turned into temporary public “PARKs” for people on Read more…
Did you know? More than 80% of all public space in cities is streets with the majority of that space being allocated to vehicles. Park(ing) Day asks the question, is this how we want to use our public space? Thanks to Donald Shoup, the dialogue about the economic implications of Read more…
2018 Park(ing) Day in Boise, Idaho can be called a success! With 9 parklets in 6 locations around the city, we had more than twice as many parklets than ever before and 5 new locations including two strip mall parking lots supported by a National Street Service grant. Parklets at Read more…
Idaho Smart Growth joins local partners to Unpave Parking Spots and put up a paradise for people in celebration of PARK(ing) Day 2018 on Friday, September 21! Parking spaces along 8th Street, 9th Street, Main Street, Vista Village and Collister shopping center in Boise, and around the globe, to be reclaimed Read more…