{"id":3994,"date":"2026-08-11T07:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:19:12","slug":"friendship-park-in-the-heart-of-addis-ababa-stands-as-one-of-the-first-multi-utility-public-spaces-developed-under-the-medemer-government-over-the-past-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/2026\/08\/11\/friendship-park-in-the-heart-of-addis-ababa-stands-as-one-of-the-first-multi-utility-public-spaces-developed-under-the-medemer-government-over-the-past-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship Park, in the heart of Addis Ababa, stands as one of the first multi-utility public spaces developed under the Medemer Government over the past eight years."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In just the last four years, this park by itself has generated close One Billion Birr in revenue, while creating employment and economic opportunities both directly and indirectly. More importantly, it has become a space where people from all walks of life converge. From families and children, sports groups and wedding parties, to digital creators and local and international visitors. Beyond its economic value, Friendship Park serves as a space for health, wellness, recreation, and community; demonstrating how well-planned public spaces can bring people together while contributing to the wider urbanisation of Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a model for the many similar public spaces emerging across the city and country: places that generate value, create opportunity, and, above all, belong to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FPMOEthiopia%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02NVFLxLoNCt7omcfKPY49YiLdcGiHPimG1Uwbn6GGJMYRfj3RpRpSn31yZdGobbJkl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"546\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just the last four years, this park by itself has generated close One Billion Birr in revenue, while creating employment and economic opportunities both directly and indirectly. More importantly, it has become a space where people from all walks of life converge. From families and children, sports groups and wedding parties, to digital creators&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3996,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions\/3996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}