Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 114
An Amenities-Based Strategy
Culver City’s supplemental programming strategy
will feature a series of “amenity nodes” that create
a baseline of activity in the parks system and also
serve as the locations for scheduled programming.
Amenity nodes are themed, semi-permanent
features with self-directed activities available; these
activities might center on arts and crafts, games, or
other amenities. They often complement permanent
amenities like pavilions and playgrounds. Relying
on scheduled programming by itself will not create
sustained activity on a consistent basis unless it
is scheduled many times throughout the day at
multiple locations.
The near-term focus could be items that can be
quickly and easily put in place to start to establish
a new paradigm for activation of Culver City’s
existing parks.
Amenities can vary
by time, day,
and season to attract
different audiences.
PROGRAMMING CATEGORIES
Arts and Culture
• Provide small-scale installations and intimate
workshops and performances, scheduled
during weekday lunches and weekend days.
• Capitalize on adjacencies to arts-related
organizations to focus on arts activities, studios,
and live entertainment through music or
community theater.
• Choreograph more coordinated, perhaps
rotating sculpture exhibits to pique visual
interest without being intrusive or promoting
active uses. These installations can also be
installed in passive spaces in Fox Hills Parkette
and Coombs Parkette, and be visible to
pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers alike.
Figure 100. Public art such as Cougars I and II enrich public space.
Source: OLIN, 2024.
Fitness and Wellness
• Create active, high-intensity classes scheduled
for early weekday mornings and evenings.
• Continue programming through yoga, league
sports, and instruction classes.
• Explore potential partnerships with the CulverPalms Family YMCA, as well as with local fitness
businesses (e.g. yoga, weight training, boxing,
etc.) to bring some of their activities and
programs to an outdoor setting.
• Parks with flat field space and proximity
to existing, new, and planned residential
development will support morning and evening
fitness activities, including Veterans Memorial
Park, Fox Hills Park, El Marino Park, Blanco Park,
and Lindberg Park.
• Incorporate Ballona Creek access where
possible with additional programming partners.
114 THE PLAN // SYSTEM SCALE
Figure 101. Adults attend a yoga class in a park. Source: Agora
Partners, 2024.
