Each City Parks Alliance program has clearly defined learning objectives and brings together practitioners across sectors to learn and innovate together.
Transform your city’s communities and close the park equity gap with funding from the federal Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) grant program. The ORLP Notice of Funding Opportunity is now…
MARK YOUR CALENDARSGreater & Greener is the only conference dedicated to exploring the full potential of parks as city-building tools. It’s a conference for doers from government, nonprofits, and communities…
Parks serve urban residents of every age, race, and background, so meaningful engagement is essential to build park systems that meet community needs. But engagement can mean different things to…
Securing funding for parks is a major challenge, especially with shifts in federal funding and shrinking local budgets. Tax referendums can be a solution for sustainable and stable park funding.
Event type: Peer ConversationDesigning and maintaining parks for resilience and adaptability is increasingly complex as climate impacts evolve, from flooding and sea level rise to drought, wildfires, and biodiversity loss.…
Houston’s urban parks and green spaces are bold, innovative, and deeply rooted in community engagement.
Event type: WebinarParks are important allies for addressing climate change and protecting ecosystems, but making a real impact takes a systemwide, strategic approach through partnerships, inter-agency collaboration, and data collection.In…
Event format: WebinarParks and green spaces significantly boost community health, local economies, and climate resilience, but historic disinvestment has left many communities most in need with the least access to…