Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy

General Park planning and capital projectsin partnership with the city of raleigh, Dix Park Conservancy accomplished:- initiate design of the gipson play plaza, a grand entrance plaza and destination adventure play area.- design and construction of early impact capital projects to improve the daily visitor experience at the Park, e.g. Shelters, play equipment, benches.- support planning efforts around implementation of other phases of the master plan.

Community engagement and programs:general Park planning and capital projects: in partnership with the city of raleigh, Dix Park accomplished: - 16 events with 138,000 attendees. Ex. Falling for local, yappy hour, movies on the lawn, inter-tribal pow wow - 212 programs with 8,898 attendees. Ex. Little explorer, yoga in the Park, legacy series, connect + create - 7 activations with 112,950 attendee. Ex. Disc golf, pop up museum, wings of the city, sunflowers - hosted a 2nd dreamville fesval in april 2022. This two-day, 3rd party event, brought in 80,000 attendees from 50 states and 20 countries and generang $6.7m in direct economic impact in wake county.