48 Distillation Guidebook Co-Lab • 9.18–9.19 2025 them something to do. It’s extending both an invitation to see themselves as part of the working natural world instead of separate, as well as ideas to be a more active participant in it. I hope the excellent interpretive tools Lehigh students designed will spark community interest for years to come! Looking Forward Kevin Lahoda Reclaiming urban greenspace isn’t just ecological — it requires social activation that helps residents reimagine their relationship to nature. What does that look like at Resilience Park now, and what would success look like five or ten years from now? Maggie Wallner Since its beginning, LCCD has held small events with local school and veteran groups to spread Resilience Park’s story, and engage visitors socially with nature-based educational programs and activities. Resilience Park is now also home to a food-insecurity-fighting community garden managed by Promise Neighborhoods of The Lehigh Valley. I don’t know how long it will take, but an element of future success, to me, would be more local groups finding the park to be a valuable location for social and nature-based activities. Of course more native plants would benefit the park, but I think in the farther-flung future, installation of ADA-compliant accessibility paths or boardwalks would be an incredible success.
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