Champions for Urban Park Funding
The Mayor for Parks Coalition, a project of the City Parks Alliance, is a national, bipartisan coalition of mayors from large and small cities across the country that support strong park systems. The coalition advocates for increased and dedicated federal funding for our nation’s city parks.
Mayors for Parks Chair
Mayors for Parks Highlights
City Parks Alliance and its Mayors for Parks Coalition support increased federal funding to our nation’s urban parks through letters to Congress and the administration, op-eds, events, adopted US Conference of Mayors resolutions, blogs, conference panels, social media, and educational visits with administration officials, members of Congress, and staff from relevant agencies.
Increased Federal Funding for Parks
Mayors for Parks is one strategy that City Parks Alliance uses to draw attention to the need for greater funding. Based in Washington, DC, we also work with various traditional and non-traditional coalitions to advocate for greater federal investment in our nation’s parks by regularly meeting with Congressional offices and the administration, developing tools, publishing opinion columns to highlight the benefits of park funding, and organizing an annual Day on the Hill.
With full and permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, City Parks Alliance is working with our Mayors for Parks Coalition, CPA members, and others to seek increased funding for city parks through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership.
