About Us
City Parks Alliance is a national network of urban park and recreation leaders. Our mission is to create vibrant and healthy parks and green spaces that contribute to sustainable cities by organizing, facilitating and nurturing a broad-based movement.
Join/Renew DonateFunding Opportunities
- Hotline to Funding Call #7: Connecting National Parks to Urban Communities
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Join Mickey Fearn, Deputy Director for Communications and Community Assistance, National Park Service to discuss opportunities to link urban communities with national parks.
Featured Parks
- High Line Park
New York, NY
High Line Park is a jewel of Manhattan's West Side. Named after the railroad line ...
more > - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Los Angeles, CA
The sprawling Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area stretches across Los Angeles and spans more ...
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- The Olmsted Legacy: America’s Urban Parks
The Olmsted Legacy Screens NationwideCity Parks Alliance is partnering with our members nationwide to screen The Olmsted Legacy: America’s Urban Parks, a one hour ...
more > - White House Urban Policy Rep Supports Red Fields to Green Fields
A White House urban policy adviser endorsed the Red Fields to Green Fields concept as a “perfect match” for ...more >
Red Fields to Green Fields Presentation
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The 159 granite blocks needed for Washington D.C.’s newest monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, finally arrived from China (The Washington Post) The new trend in state parks: corporate sponsorship...
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Sometimes all it takes is an unusual piece of greenery to draw visitors to a part of town not very known on tourist maps. London, England’s Trafalgar Square temporarily received...
Action Alerts
- Action Alert – Last Chance to Vote on America's Great Outdoors Ideas for Urban Parks
As part of the America's Great Outdoors program, the Obama Administration is collecting ideas from the public on Reconnecting with the Great Outdoors, and Private and Public Lands Conservation. ...
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