A Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED) service learning project wins the 2022 Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AIM) Placemaking Award. The renovation of J Long Memorial Second Street Park is a unique collaboration involving local government, residents, and civic organizations of Connersville, Indiana, along with Purdue Extension and the Landscape Architecture Program. The park design, led by Dr. Aaron Thompson, engaged nineteen students in landscape architecture during the fall 2019 semester and was supported by the CCED-National Park Service partnership to assist Connersville residents in agreeing to a vision for this future space. The rehabbed park is currently under construction, overseen by landscape architects with Rundell Ernstberger Associates, and is expected to open to community residents in spring 2023. More about this unique partnership between Purdue classroom and extension programming is available in the award video available here: https://fb.watch/gF2afd6_Hm/
