Kennett Greenway is a 14-mile multi-modal greenway that connects parks, neighborhoods, schools, downtown Kennett Square, and protected open spaces throughout the greater Kennett community. Led by Kennett Trails Alliance (KTA), the Greenway advances community health, environmental conservation, economic vitality, and equitable access to nature while creating a regional network of trails and public spaces that will be implemented over time.

Miasto is advising KTA on the Greenway's long-term operations and maintenance, financial sustainability, and governance. Our work includes developing a sustainable operational funding model, identifying opportunities for shared maintenance and stewardship, and integrating KTA's vision with community development initiatives underway throughout the region. Miasto is also helping establish a collaborative governance framework that coordinates the roles of municipalities, nonprofits, landowners, and partner organizations responsible for stewarding different segments of the Greenway, creating a unified approach to its long-term management and success.

Manresa Wilds is a once-in-a-generation transformation of a former power plant into a 125-acre publicly accessible waterfront park and ecological refuge on Long Island Sound. Led by Manresa Island Corporation, the project will open 1.75 miles of shoreline to the public for the first time in nearly 75 years, restoring coastal forests, wetlands, tidal pools, salt marshes, and living shorelines. A connected network of trails, boardwalks, and water access points creates a dynamic landscape for paddling, swimming, exploration, and immersive engagement with a revitalized coastal ecosystem.

Miasto is working under HR&A Advisors, alongside design teams SCAPE and BIG, to translate this vision into a clear, operationally sound plan. Our work includes comprehensive operations planning—addressing maintenance, staffing, revenue, and long-term budgets—to support sustainable management over time. Miasto is also assisting HR&A with the programming and activation strategy, identifying opportunities for events, education, recreation, and seasonal use that build community and bring the park to life. (image credit: SCAPE)

Petaluma River Park is a transformative 35-acre riverfront park that reconnects the community with the Petaluma River through restored habitat, public art, recreation, and inclusive gathering spaces. Led by the Petaluma River Park Foundation, with CMG serving as lead designer, the project will create a vibrant civic landscape that celebrates ecology, culture, and community while restoring one of the city's most significant natural assets.

Miasto is advising the Petaluma River Park Foundation on the park's operations, maintenance, programming, and revenue strategies, helping ensure it can be sustainably managed as it is implemented over multiple phases. Working closely with the Foundation and CMG, Miasto is integrating operational and stewardship considerations into the design process so the park is not only inspiring on opening day, but also practical to operate and financially sustainable over time. Our work includes staffing models, maintenance standards, governance recommendations, operating budgets, and planning for both activated public spaces and ecologically sensitive landscapes.

A defining aspect of the project is balancing active public use with environmental stewardship. The park's restored marshes, riparian habitat, river access, trails, gathering spaces, art installations, and community programming require an operating model that supports both an exceptional visitor experience and the long-term health of the landscape. Miasto is also helping the Foundation develop a resilient nonprofit stewardship model that aligns programming, partnerships, and diversified revenue with the park's mission and future growth. (image credit: PRPF, CMG)

Miasto worked alongside Northlake Oakland and SWA Group to design and implement ‘Lot 2270’ a tactical plaza at the corner of Broadway and 23rd Avenue in the Northlake District of downtown Oakland. The plaza creates a vibrant, inclusive, and welcoming environment for Downtown residents and employees, City of Oakland families, and Bay Area visitors of all ages and abilities.

The plaza features work by local Oakland artists and craftspeople, with a ground mural and fabric shade canopy by the artist collective ABG, and furniture crafted from salvaged timber by Ponderosa Millworks in West Oakland. Additionally, the plaza features movable furnishings, a green space for gathering, and regular community programming and activations. The plaza opened to great success in June 2025. (image credit: SWA Group)

Lot 2270 is an ASLA Northern California Award winner.

Miasto is working with AECOM and SmithGroup on the I-75 Cap Parks Feasibility Study, led by the Downtown Detroit Partnership. The project explores the creation of three new park caps over the I-75 freeway to reconnect neighborhoods and expand downtown Detroit’s network of public spaces.

Through a collaborative and community-driven process, Miasto is leading the development of a Program Plan that helps define the identity, programming, and operational framework for each park. This work includes facilitating public design charrettes and stakeholder engagement, translating community input into programmatic concepts, and aligning programming with design, infrastructure, and long-term stewardship considerations.

Miasto’s scope also includes recommendations for events, amenities, and partnerships, as well as high-level staffing and operational considerations to support active, inclusive, and sustainable public spaces. (image credit: Downtown Detroit Partnership)

Miasto is supporting the Innovation Walk Master Plan under Perkins+Will, contributing to the economic development, activation, and revenue strategy to shape a vibrant, innovation-oriented district in downtown Fort Myers.

Building on an assessment of existing economic conditions, market dynamics, and stakeholder input, Miasto is helping define opportunities for small business growth, talent attraction, and innovation-driven development. Miasto is also advising on activation and programming strategies that reinforce the district’s identity while supporting long-term operations.

Miasto’s work includes the development of a high-level economic development and value creation framework, along with strategies for diversified earned revenue and funding to support ongoing maintenance, programming, and public realm activation. (image credit: Fort Myers CRA)

The Evansville Riverfront project reimagines downtown Evansville’s riverfront as Great Bend Park, a welcoming and resilient civic destination along the Ohio River. Led by Sasaki in partnership with the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership, the Bend is envisioned as a flexible public landscape that supports everyday recreation, quiet retreat, and signature civic events—while continuing to perform its essential role in flood protection. The project strengthens the riverfront as a central gathering place for downtown and the region.

Working under Sasaki, Miasto developed the park’s programming, operations, and maintenance framework to support long-term activation and stewardship. Miasto’s work established clear goals and guiding principles for programming; identified opportunities for events, amenities, and community partnerships; and defined strategies to keep the park safe, welcoming, and functional year-round. Miasto collaborated closely with the design team to integrate these considerations into the evolving design and support a vibrant riverfront experience. (image credit: Sasaki)

The intersections at Third Ave at Pike and Pine have long experienced challenges, and yet these locations are vital to Seattle’s business and tourism districts. With funding from the Downtown Activation Plan and the Office of Economic Development, Miasto collaborated with the Downtown Seattle Association to bring activation and physical transformations to these two intersections. The transformation engaged local artists and included both ground-level and overhead enhancements. The Pine intersection has a forest theme, and the Pike intersection an ocean theme, highlighting the connection to the Public Market and the newly transformed Waterfront. Miasto oversaw the improvements from concept, permitting, procurement, and installation. The physical improvements, along with activations, were completed in summer 2025.

Bellevue Botanical Garden is a 53-acre garden owned and managed by the City of Bellevue in partnership with the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society. This urban refuge exhibits cultivated gardens, restored woodlands, natural wetlands, and offers educational programs and volunteer opportunities. BBG receives over 300,000 visitors a year and is one of Bellevue’s most popular destinations. A parks levy will allow BBG to expand in the coming years. Miasto worked with BBG to set a roadmap to guide the expansion, meet the needs of its growing popularity and intensity of use, and integrate with nearby large infrastructure projects such as Eastrail, the light rail, the Lake-to-Lake Trail, and the densifying Wilburton neighborhood.

Phillips Square, in Boston’s Chinatown, is transforming from a tactical plaza into a permanent green space for the neighborhood. The re-envisioned plaza will provide a community gathering space, green infrastructure and heat resilience, activation that supports neighborhood businesses and artists, and a place to elevate and celebrate Chinatown’s rich history and culture. Miasto worked with Sasaki, the lead designer, on a maintenance and management strategy to keep Phillips Square in top condition and serve its intended purposes for years to come. (image credit: Sasaki)

In 2026, Phillips Square won an honor award from BSLA in Analysis and Planning.

Harvey Milk Plaza, at the center of the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco, is being reimagined as a neighborhood gathering space and transit hub that honors Harvey’s legacy and the LGBTQ+ community. Miasto helped to set the redeveloped plaza up for success by advising on operational and management practices, operating budgets, sustainable revenue streams, and logistics related to activation. (image credit: Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza)