The Office of Sustainability launched a community-driven, equity-focused approach to community climate planning in 2018 with the Beat the Heat Hunting Park Initiative.

The office worked with more than 30 government departments, community organizations, and stakeholders to convene Philadelphia’s first Heat Team. The Heat Team then engaged over 600 residents in an eight-month community engagement process.  This community heat relief plan is a result of the feedback the Heat Team heard through these efforts.