Park in a Truck

A toolkit for communities to design, build and maintain their own park! Download the toolkit to start reading. Read the full toolkit first before diving into the workbooks in the links below.

Download the Toolkit

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!

Sacred Nature

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

Park in a truck allows communities to better themselves, and actually serves residents rather than displace them. -DeWayne Drummond, Mantua Civic Association