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Reports & Tools
Documenting the Potential of City Parks City Parks Alliance and research partners are exploring the role of parks in addressing critical emerging issues fac…
ParkXChange Resource Library
Resources for Urban Park Professionals This searchable library hosts helpful park resource documents, including cross-sector MOUs, equity action plans, agreem…
Resources
Resources for Park and Recreation Professionals With help from our members and research partners, we make the following resources and tools available to equ…
Workshops
Virtual Skill-Building Workshops City Parks Alliance offers virtual skill-building workshops designed to inspire and reinforce cross-sector park partners…
Webinars
Upcoming Past Webinars for Urban Park Professionals City Parks Alliance features experts in the urban parks space to share their stories of successful pa…
Park Study Tours
Urban Park Study ToursCity Parks Alliance shines a spotlight on innovative urban park systems through its park study tours. The tours are two-and-a-half-day ev…
Greater & Greener Conference
The Premier International Urban Parks ConferenceFor more than a decade, Greater & Greener has been the leading international conference for urban park lead…
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Past Upcoming Events City Parks Alliance events offer networking and learning opportunities for parks and recreation professionals and others work…
Job Bank
Urban Park and Recreation Employment Opportunities If you love parks, our nationwide job bank could be the door to your dream job with park-related organizati…
Members
City Parks Alliance Membership Network City Parks Alliance members make up a dynamic network of urban park and recreation leaders, city planning and design p…
Research Partners
Documenting the Benefits of City Parks and Greenspace City Parks Alliance and partners are documenting the many benefits of parks and greenspace to equitable…
Funders Learning Network
Connecting Grantmakers to Information and Each OtherThe Funders Learning Network grew out of a convening of foundation and corporate grantmakers at City Parks …
Corporate Council
City Parks Alliance Corporate CouncilThe core function of City Parks Alliance’s Corporate Council is to provide leadership and strategic guidance to City Parks…
Mayors for Parks
Champions for Urban Park FundingThe Mayor for Parks Coalition, a project of the City Parks Alliance, is a national, bipartisan coalition of mayors from large a…
City Park Champions
City Park Leadership Across Sectors City Parks Alliance convenes and empowers leaders from business, government, philanthropic, and advocacy organizations wi…
Why City Parks Matter
CITY PARKS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF AMERICA’S CITIES AND THEIR RESIDENTS.As cities become more densely populated a…
About Us
City parks play a vital role in the social, economic, and physical well-being of America’s cities and their residents. Nearly 80 percent of the American popula…
Greater & Greener 2022
Greater & Greener 2022: An International Urban Parks Conference comes to Philadelphia, PA from June 18-21, 2022.