No Single Leader Can Make Thriving Parks Happen Alone No single leader—or agency—can meet the full potential of parks today. Once green islands whose boundaries were managed independently, parks today touch other urban infrastructure and need to be managed accordingly. In 2026, a park isn’t just a place to sit; it’s a cooling center, a […]
Request for Proposals for Event Planning, Administration, Coordination & Consultation Services for Greater & Greener 2028 Atlanta, GA • June 3-6, 2028 City Parks Alliance seeks a full-service, professional event-planning firm to provide consultation and administrative services to implement an operational plan and coordinate all the components necessary to produce our biennial Greater & Greener […]
City park leadership today requires a rare skillset: the ability to manage people, steward nature, and respond to unpredictable, rapidly changing circumstances. To help communities thrive in turbulent times, park leaders have moved far beyond traditional roles. The most successful are finding innovative ways to deploy park and recreation resources that deliver significant city-wide results. […]
At City Parks Alliance, we believe excellent urban park systems are critical infrastructure for equitable, resilient, and thriving cities. We focus on the design, funding, building, programming, operations, and stewardship of parks and how they support related urban systems and public policy goals. Parks today are not just a collection of disparate assets in a […]
Greater & Greener is a conference unlike any other. With nearly as many sessions outside as in, it offers an immersive, energizing, and innovative learning experience focused on the issues that you face daily in your work. It’s a conference for doers from government, nonprofits, and communities who are using the power of parks to […]
On a sunny early-summer day in 2024, a crowd of park leaders and enthusiasts from across North America descended on T. T. Minor Playground in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Seattle. In a flurry of activity, they joined Seattle parks employees to give a makeover to the playground that had become underused and underappreciated, as […]
Atlanta, Georgia (October 22, 2025) – City Parks Alliance is excited to announce that Greater & Greener 2028, the premier event exploring the transformational power of urban parks, will be hosted in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference is expected to bring together more than 1,200 urban park leaders, city planners, design professionals, and advocates from around the […]
As a park and recreation planner with an eye for new technology, I’ve made a two-decade long career of looking into the future. I serve as Director of Digital Engagement at MIG, a planning, design, communications, and technology consulting firm. We were hired by City Parks Alliance to support the Parks and Technology Initiative, examining the opportunities […]
Seattle’s Rainier Community Center Garden Wins the 2024 Toro Urban Park Innovation Award; $50K grant to support innovation in urban food systems and workforce development Washington, DC (March 12, 2024) – Today, the City Parks Alliance and The Toro Company, a leading global provider of solutions for the outdoor environment, announced that the Rainier Community Center’s […]
Austin, Texas (September 21, 2023) – City Parks Alliance is excited to announce that Greater & Greener 2026, the premier international event exploring the transformative potential of urban parks, will be hosted in Austin, Texas. The conference will bring together more than 1,000 urban park leaders, city planners, design professionals, and advocates from around the world to […]
$50K grant to sustain collaborative youth-driven programs that support a circular economy City Parks Alliance and The Toro Company are pleased to announce that Fairmount Park Organic Recycling Center in Philadelphia is the winner of the 2022 Toro Urban Park Innovation Award. Sponsored by The Toro Company in partnership with City Parks Alliance, the Toro Urban […]