Park in a Truck Toolkit & Workbooks

Navigating the Park in a Truck Toolkit

The Park in a Truck process has two main components: The Park in a Truck (PiaT) Toolkit and a series of Workbooks. The Toolkit contains an overview about the benefits of parks, background on the PiaT program, and an outline of how to design build and maintain your park.

Every Toolkit chapter has a companion Workbook providing the step-by-step process of designing, building and maintaining the park.  The workbooks are also printable, so you can take them to a community meeting or your park site. Essentially the workbooks serve as a ‘blueprint’ for each step! You can find the workbook links below. If you have questions along the way, please let us know. Contact information is on the inside cover of the document.

Now get reading and have fun!

Start Here - Download the Toolkit

Start Here - PiaT Toolkit

The Toolkit contains an overview about the benefits of parks, background on the PiaT program, and an outline of how to design build and maintain your park.

Acquire WORKBOOK

The following workbook provides an overview to determine the best course of action to access your future park site!

If you have legal access and entitlement to the lot(s), we invite you to skip to Workbook 2: Organize

Organize WORKBOOK

A community working together on a park project is building more than a park—it’s building stronger community bonds, creating engaging employment opportunities, and making everyone proud. This workbook will help you form an organized community group.

Assess WORKBOOK

What makes your lot special and how can you best use these features? This workbook reviews how to evaluate your lot and ensure your park takes advantage of its site conditions.

Dream WORKBOOK

Now, the real fun begins—creating a vision for your park! This workbook will help translate your vision into your park design.

Create WORKBOOK

It is now time to move from the concept to building the real thing! In this Workbook, you will learn the steps to build the park, how to schedule for park construction, and define tasks for ordering, delivery and assembly of different park elements.

Sustain WORKBOOK

The sustain workbook is also called the park ambassador handbook. The Park Ambassador is advocate, educator, manager and liaison for parks created by the Park in a Truck initiative. This workbook serves to guide your park ambassadors to sustain your park!

Nature Sacred

A partner of Park in a Truck, Nature Sacred has been helping communities create parks for over 25 years.