Juan Carlos helps Carlos Hernandez, 6, fly a kite. When it set out to design the park the Trust for Public Land wanted to get input from everyone in Jackson. Planners invited Latino families to the site hoping to hear their ideas about what they’d like to see there. Poles that work for hanging piñatas were one idea. Space that can be used for parties was another.
Children play in a pool filled with toys and bubbles at Astoria on Thursday evening. The event is hosted by Teton County Library, Children’s Learning Center and Teton Literacy Center, with cooperation from Teton Science Schools and the Trust for Public Land.
Children of all ages gather to play at Astoria Hot Springs Park on Thursday evening. The event was designed to encourage Latinos to feel at home in the park.
Juan Carlos helps Carlos Hernandez, 6, fly a kite. When it set out to design the park the Trust for Public Land wanted to get input from everyone in Jackson. Planners invited Latino families to the site hoping to hear their ideas about what they’d like to see there. Poles that work for hanging piñatas were one idea. Space that can be used for parties was another.
Children play in a pool filled with toys and bubbles at Astoria on Thursday evening. The event is hosted by Teton County Library, Children’s Learning Center and Teton Literacy Center, with cooperation from Teton Science Schools and the Trust for Public Land.
Children of all ages gather to play at Astoria Hot Springs Park on Thursday evening. The event was designed to encourage Latinos to feel at home in the park.
Pinata-friendly poles have been incorporated into the redesign of Astoria Hot Springs Park.It’s just one example of how the Trust for Public Land is making an effort to consider the needs and wishes of Jackson Hole’s Latino community while planning the new park, scheduled to open in fall 2018.
“We, as a Latino community, feel proud that they’re taking us into account,” Hitzia Garnica said in Spanish, “that they ask for our point of view and what we would like to see in the park. For us it’s really big, this consideration.
Allie Gross covers Teton County government. Originally from the Chicago area, she joined the News&Guide in 2017 after studying politics and Spanish at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
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