Centro San Antonio is partnering with the 80/20 Foundation to celebrate National Park(ing) Day on Friday, Sept. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. Park(ing) Day began in 2005 when a San Francisco-based art studio set up a park for two hours in a metered space.
Since then, this one-day-only international event encourages local businesses to convert city streets + parking spaces into vibrant green places for art, play, and community engagement in 162 cities + 35 countries.
Participants and theme
This year’s theme is Parking Reform Activism, which aims to highlight the need for street reclamation in a post-pandemic world. The event will happen along Houston Street (from Alamo to Flores) and North Main (from Houston to Travis) in downtown.
Here are this year’s participants:
- 18/8 Fine Men’s
- 300 Main
- Able City
- Activate SA & Strong Towns San Antonio
- Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Athletic Constellation
- Barrio Muertos
- Bexar County & EWRI
- Centro San Antonio - Art Everywhere
- Centro San Antonio & VIA Metropolitan Transit
- Chak Therapy
- Cherice Cochrane Org
- Chick-fil-A
- Colton Valentine
- Common Desk
- COSA - Center City Development & Operations
- COSA - Office of Sustainability
- International Interior Design Assoc. San Antonio
- Joeris General Contractors
- La Plantaqueria
- Lake Flato Architects
- Mission Vineyard Church
- Nomad Studios
- Nourish Healing Collective
- Pac A Pit
- San Antonio River Authority
- San Antonio Zoo
- Sojourn Trading Co
- Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
- Visit San Antonio
- WGInc
Keep an eye out for the 2024 winner of the coveted Golden Parking Meter.
