PARK(ing) Day 2019

Location: Town of Jackson

Date: September 20, 2019

Artists: Frances Ritchie, Perspective on Small Beings
NOSO Patches, Demo Circuit
Jenny Dowd, Jeny’s Flower Cart
CLB Architects and KWC with Willow Creek Woodwork, Inc, Get Out / Get In
Jackson Hole Land Trust,  Wild. Open. Connected: Completing the Conservation Puzzle
JH Public Art & The Center, Public Piano
GYDE Architects & New West Building Company, Urban Canopy
Jackson / Teton County Planning Departments, Planning This Place
Isabel Rucker, Park n’ Gaze
Bland Hoke & KHOL, Sound Lounge, powered by Energy Conversation Works

Supported by: Wyoming Business Council, the Wyoming Arts Council, AARP, Teton County Pathways, Cycling Without Age, and St. John’’s Hospital Foundation

Jackson Hole Public Art celebrated PARK(ing) Day on September 20st from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm in downtown Jackson. PARKing Day is a worldwide event where artists, designers, and citizens transform parking spots into temporary public parks. PARKing Day helps us imagine public space for people instead of cars and highlights the inspiring work of local designers and artists to increase pedestrian vitality in the downtown.

New this year, Center Street hosted an Age-Friendly pedestrian mall. Through a grant from the American Association of Retired People (AARP) and the Wyoming Business Council, JH Public Art teamed up with the Pathways Department to create an Age-Friendly mall with free art-making activities, Sage Living rocking chairs, free haircuts and coupons for ice-cream and candy for seniors, street games, and Trishaw bike ride demonstrations and dedicated parking. Participants were asked how our community can make the downtown friendly for people of all ages and abilities.