Toyota Motor Manufacturing will collaborate with Mississippi State University professor Cory Gallo to complete a conceptual design of the Blue Springs Community Park Project.
The Blue Springs Community Park Project is on a half-acre of land that was donated to the city, that holds about 200-229 people. The Toyota plant stationed in Blue Springs, Mississippi, does a yearly outreach program with its employees, and it chose to give a park to the town.
 Gallo, known for his past work with the Heritage Museum, drew up the conceptual design this summer for how the park could work, where things would potentially fit and the financial aspect of the project. He also used his expertise to design the entrance sign to the park and some informational kiosks located around the site.
The kiosks will feature information about local food and gardening, healthy watersheds, how to keep the water clean and healthy play activities for children.
The park was not only thought of to be a recreational place for neighboring children, but also an educational park funded by a grant from Toyota National.
Some of the amenities included are a butterfly garden, a small community garden, six beds for growing a vegetable garden and a small cistern to capture water for watering the garden. There will be an outdoor fire pit and an arbor structure.  
“This is a great way for a large industry to be a part of the community the plant is actually in the town of Blue Springs that holds 229 people,” Gallo said. 
Gallo further explained that the impact of something like this is beneficial because the community would have never been able to do this on their own.
   Saturday, which is a part of the National Lands event, the faculty and the community will come together to paint and do some minor work on the project before Toyota officially finishes it.