Stories

Mar 21, 2025
How a St. Louis park used green stormwater infrastructure to honor culture and community
City Parks Alliance
Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, MO, has long been an urban park where history, nature, culture, and community converge. And now, with an innovative stream resto…
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Dec 16, 2024
Parks and Green Stormwater Infrastructure
City Parks Alliance
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) manages runoff naturally, reducing flooding and pollution while enhancing urban resilience, creating green spaces, spurri…
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Dec 1, 2018
Active Parks, Healthy Cities Parks & Recreation Magazine Feature
Parks & Recreation Magazine
Today's parks are important components in urban networks that include commercial, residential, infrastructure and transportation functions.
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Jun 15, 2017
What City Planners Can Learn From St. Paul’s Parque Castillo
Catherine Nagel, City Parks Alliance
Learn about the new concept of creative placemaking and Parque Castillo's new installation celebrating the life of activist Nicholas Castillo.
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Jun 12, 2017
Why Urban Parks Are Essential Infrastructure
Catherine Nagel, City Parks Alliance
Urban parks are essential infrastructure for 21st-century cities: they help solve cities' health, transportation, and economic challenges.
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Oct 1, 2016
The First National Study of Neighborhood Parks
American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Neighborhood parks support leisure-time physical activity, yet most Americans do not meet national guidelines for physical activity.
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Stories

How a St. Louis park used green stormwater infrastructure to honor culture and community

Parks and Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Active Parks, Healthy Cities Parks & Recreation Magazine Feature

What City Planners Can Learn From St. Paul’s Parque Castillo

Why Urban Parks Are Essential Infrastructure

The First National Study of Neighborhood Parks