“Bringing communities together with nature” A conversation with Greg DeShields.

Today in our episode we’re talking about how nature can bring communities together with Greg DeShields, Executive Director, PHL Diversity.

You’ll take away insights including:

• How and why Philadelphia came to position itself as a leader in diversity
• Why planners choose to take their events to a diverse city and the impact on communities
• Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is five times larger than New York’s Central Park – who knew?!
• How Philadelphia uses its parks to engage nearby communities, underserved groups and youth
• Why natural environments, even those within cities, can be huge assets to destinations as events start their return

Greg DeShields spoke on an expert panel at PlanetIMEX in October 2020, in the session COVID-19 -where are we now? You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/i4hsGet0yJY

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