Experiment: Park caretakers

 

Experiment: Park caretakers

Haig Park Experiments is engaging two casual employees as park caretakers who will be responsible for acting as park concierge, providing information about the park and the experiments as well as undertaking simple amenity tasks. Park caretakers will make the Art Cart available for use by community groups and provide supervision.

Place plan theme: Safety – ‘To ensure Haig Park is a safe place to be.’

Date: Commencing mid-June

Observation: There are limited face-to-face interactions provided to Park users for visitor information. The current cleaning and maintenance regime is also limited, resulting in poor amenity and public perception.

Hypothesis: Park caretakers can be a flexible, multi-purpose solution to the need for information provision, cleaning, and visible signs of care for Haig Park.

Favourable outcome: Greater awareness and understanding of engagement with the park and improved public perception.

We would love to get your feedback on this experiment. Have YourSay and help to improve Haig Park.

To find out more about the project visit the Haig Park Experiments website.

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