Overview
- World Urban Parks will present the WUP@10 Outstanding New Park Project award at its 2025 Symposium in Istanbul from October 8 to 10.
- Council president Tim Geyer said the recognition followed a global evaluation that applied criteria centered on innovation, social benefits and environmental gains.
- Baja California governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda hailed the honor as raising the state’s profile in sustainable urban design.
- Parque Esperanto’s green infrastructure includes more than 2,000 trees, 15,000 slope-stabilizing shrubs and 20,000 square meters of natural grass.
- The site was remade from an abandoned, waste-strewn area into a public space that has drawn over one million visitors in 2025.