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Un proceso participativo es una secuencia de actividades participativas (p.e. primero rellenar una encuesta, luego realizar propuestas, debatirlas en encuentros presenciales o virtuales, y finalmente priorizarlas) con el objetivo de definir y tomar una decisión sobre un tema específico.
Ejemplos de procesos participativos son: un proceso de elección de los miembros de un comité (donde primero se presentan unas candidaturas, luego se debate y finalmente se elige una candidatura), presupuestos participativos (donde se realizan propuestas, se valoran económicamente y se vota con el dinero disponible), un proceso de planificación estratégica, la redacción colaborativa de un reglamento o norma, el diseño de un espacio urbano o la producción de un plan de políticas públicas.
Calgary Parks Renewal: Community Priorities for Aging Green Spaces
Help identify which parks need investment and what upgrades matter most to your neighbourhood
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Calgary's park system ranges from vibrant, well-maintained green spaces to aging facilities with broken equipment, inaccessible pathways, and limited amenities. This process invites Calgarians to identify underserved parks and shape the case for investment.
Calgary operates over 1,000 parks, but maintenance budgets and capital upgrades are not distributed equally. Newer communities often lack the mature park infrastructure that established neighbourhoods take for granted, and aging parks across the city face deteriorating equipment, inaccessible designs, inadequate lighting, and limited programming space.
This participatory process gives residents a direct role in identifying which parks are most in need of renewal and what kinds of improvements would make the biggest difference. Whether it's accessible playground equipment, improved washroom facilities, shade structures, irrigated sports fields, or better connectivity to pathways and transit, your local knowledge matters.
Through structured proposals, debate, and prioritization, this process will produce a ranked community vision for park upgrades that can be presented directly to Calgary Parks and used to advocate for equitable capital investment across all wards.