The Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden is listed in National Geographic Channel’s Smart Cities programs. Ian MacFarlane, consultant for the program, identifies a smart city as having “heart and soul—typically the center, where people congregate for work and leisure.
Smart cities are well-connected locally and internationally, have a sustainable lifestyle, and are places where people come first.”
With over 150 exhibits aimed at school-aged children, 8 acres of nature and varying topography in a large urban and flat city, we certainly view the project as a smart component of the city.