... what happens next?

Um, yeah, once we get money, um, I think the fun part begins.

[laughs] So our team, as I mentioned, we're full of planners and landscape designers, and depending on the nature of the project, what kind of project gets funded, um, one of our very talented team members gets assigned the project, and from there, we kind of work on scoping.

So what gets funded is probably, like, a three or four sentence description with, like, a dollar amount.

And so from there, we kind of have to determine what are the individual elements we need? Do we need to consider a site layout? Do we have to do any community engagement, and things like that.

So our, hmm, LAs, our landscape architects and our planners kind of go through the scoping effort to kinda determine exactly what's needed, and then oftentimes we will get a consultant under contract.

So we have a pool of local consultants that kind of help us with design, and sometimes for larger projects we'll go out to bid so we can kind of ask anyone really nationwide, "If you wanna come help us with this, you can, uh, bid on this project." Um, and so then our landscape architects, planners will kind of manage our consultants, get the design where it needs to be, and, um, that process varies based on complexity of the process.

Um, what else do you wish that folks knew, um, about maybe public engagement and how that comes into play when these spaces are being developed?