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Seasonal Parks Maintenance
SummaryDo you love the great outdoors and are passionate about preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of our public lands? Do you want to make a meaningfu…
6 Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Miss City Parks Alliance’s Summer Series
By: Karen NozikHas there ever been a better time to talk about city parks? Never before have urban parks and green spaces proved so essential to the health and well-being of …
Cities Connecting Children to Nature
Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) is a national initiative that seeks to create more equitable and abundant access to nature in cities.
Healthy Development Without Displacement
In this new paper, we explore: What can people working on “healthy community” issues—like active transportation, parks, healthy food, planning, public health, …
Park Study Tour: St. Louis, MO
This tour will focus on how cities can dramatically restore and conserve park grounds, as well as park partnerships and public access to parks.
NashVitality Community Health Program, Nashville
NashVitality aims to improve citizens' quality of life through health, programming, and green initiatives.
Program Manager
Background:City Parks Alliance is the only independent, nationwide membership organization solely dedicated to urban parks. The mission of the City Parks Allia…
Why Attend
City Parks Alliance’s Summer Series will include more than a dozen events over the span of two weeks, starting June 14 through June 25, 2021. It will be an int…
New Narratives for a Legacy City: A St. Louis Park Study Tour Reflection
By: Catherine Nagel, City Parks AllianceThe power of parks as restorative infrastructure was fully evident during City Parks Alliance’s park study tour in St. Louis, MO, June 1 – 3. Thirty-five parti…
Manager of Operations
MANAGER OF OPERATIONS Boston Harbor Now (BHN) is an organization committed to re-establishing Boston as one of the world’s truly great coastal cities – ensuri…
Control Room Technician
SummaryKing County Parks is looking for Part-Time Control Room Technicians to join their team at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (WKCAC), located i…
The Brickline Greenway: Charting a Path towards Social Equity in St. Louis
With cities everywhere focused squarely on equity issues right now, it is a hopeful time for those in St. Louis who’ve been advocating for, funding, and buildi…
Senior Director of Institutional Relations
Background: Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1857, Central Park is one of the most famous and beloved urban public spaces in the world. Th…
Detroit: Parks & Rec Improvement Plan
Learn about Detroit's equity-focused park planning team, which used equity data to create an improvement plan for 40 neighborhood parks.
Austin’s Cities Connecting Children to Nature
Outlines partnership strategies and steps for cross-sector planning to ensure all children have abundant and equitable access to nature.
Neighborhood Greenspace and Neighborhood Income Associated with White Matter Grade Worsening: Cardiovascular Health Study
A new study finds low income levels and a lack of green spaces are among the factors that can harm brain health.
Managing High-Quality Parks Environments: Models and Lessons from Selected Parks in New York City, Chicago, and Cincinnati
This report examines the management features of the 21 parks to identify lessons for how to create and maintain a premier waterfront gathering place.
2020 Menino Survey of Mayors
Mayors have had to deal with COVID-19’s consequences and its impact on their cities' future. Between June and August 2020 this Survey asked 130 mayors about th…
Reps. Barragán and Turner Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Create Funding for Urban Parks
U.S. Representatives Barragán (CA-44) and Turner (OH-10) today introduced the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Grant Program Act.