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CHAPTER 4: RECOMMENDATIONS

EDDIE DURHAM PARK IMPROVEMENTS (Recommendation E.8) The area surrounding the Eddie Durham Park can become a Cultural District. A Cultural District would preserve and promote historic and cultural stories in the area, attract artists and cultural enterprises, encourage business development, enhance tourism, and provide opportunities for state funding.

During the Eddie Durham Jazz Fest (2022) the community provided input on their vision for the park and detailed the types of improvements, amenities, or programming that would enhance the public’s use of the space. Recommendations that emerged for the park include: · Additional park lighting to enhance safety while in the park or walking by · Addition of exercise equipment · Installation of an information board with community events · Directional signage from/to downtown to draw people to park · Enhance communications of upcoming park or cultural events in the Dunbar Neighborhood · Additional City events hosted in the park · Additional native plants and green infrastructure rather than turf grass · Pop-up community theatre or local bands · Partnerships with schools to provide children’s art in the park · Specific events or movies related to cultural history

Eddie Durham Park activated during the Eddie Durham Jazz Fest with music, a pedestrian street, vendors, and food.

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