Metropolis is one of those rare publications that talks about the way communities grow and thrive, rather than just spotlighting projects and products. Timothy Schuler visited Downtown Cary Park with OJB and Machado Silvetti to learn how the planning process helped create a new center for community with a strengthened downtown. It is no surprise that the park has downtown in its name.

Across the country, we’ve been privileged to work together to plan, program and design high-performance civic spaces that are engines of economic and social cohesion. Investing and planning for open space as this kind of catalyst is at the heart of what we love to do.

Check out his story, and if you are near the Research Triangle area in North Carolina, stop by the park to see joyful community in action for yourself.