Rebuild

A transformative investment in Philadelphia’s parks, libraries, playgrounds & recreation centers

Philadelphia has over 400 neighborhood-serving parks, libraries, recreation centers and playgrounds. Though the dollars committed to Rebuild ($500 million) represent a massive investment in our City’s community infrastructure, the size of the system and the depth of the need mean Rebuild cannot fix each and every site. Site selection must be strategic.

We led a team to help design the program to aid in site selection and decision making.  Our charge was to organize a data-driven process for understanding the condition of the sites but also the context in which they are located.  This data analysis was driven by a need to make equitable investments in distressed or struggling neighborhoods to maximize access to state-of-the-art community spaces and expand opportunity for the City’s most vulnerable population.