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SWMD Best Practices Advisory Committee
Modeling Collaboration and Innovation We have invited experts from across the country to push us to think beyond the boundaries of standard design and operating procedures. They bring knowledge from different disciplines to ensure we are incorporating best practices and using state of the art approaches.65 national experts representing 50 different organizations have given their time […]
Equitable Engagement: SWMD Project
You Spoke, We Heard! Phase 1 of the Equitable Engagement component is complete and the Texas Trees Foundation is thrilled to release the Phase 1 Equitable Engagement Summary for the SWMD Urban Streetscape Project!This document covers all of the engagement activities that we have conducted this year – from virtual community questionnaire to door-to-door canvassing. […]
Partners in Data and Design
Leading the Industry in Evidenced-Based Design NYC-Based Field Operations have been the Lead Landscape Architects for the SWMD Transformation Project since 2023. Their team employs expertise in public space revitalization and designing with people and nature in mind to create an outdoor environment that embodies the Southwestern Medical District’s purpose as a destination for health […]
Acknowledging our Founding Supporters
Thank you to all of our founding supporters! We appreciate your support in helping us achieve the 30% design milestone in spring 2024! The historic support of this project could not have been made possible without this community collaboration and we look forward to partnering together in the future. Learn More
SWMD Transformation In the Media
Since the project's inception, local and national news media outlets have covered the progress of the SWMD Streetscape and Park Transformation Project. Because of its use of evidence-based design, the project is now poised to "...teach the rest of the country how to design for urban heat... [starting] with data."-Jeffrey Ray, CBS DFW Meteorologist
