ParkXChange Resource Library

Resources for Urban Park Professionals

This searchable library hosts helpful park resource documents, including cross-sector MOUs, equity action plans, agreements for park maintenance and operations, dog park and concession management, green infrastructure development and maintenance, community benefits, arts and cultural programming and events, as well as other resource guides and technical tools to support park partnerships.

  • Case Study

    Developing Arts and Cultural Programs to Revitalize Parks and Communities in New York

    CPF brings 900 arts and cultural performances each year to a total audience of nearly 400,000, making it one of the largest providers of cultural programs in N…

  • Case Study

    Raleigh’s Capital Area Greenway Trail System

    Learn how a determined group of citizens, united around a public goal of preserving their neighborhood and city, successfully worked with the government to imp…

  • Case Study

    Constructing, Operating, and Revitalizing Brooklyn Bridge Park

    Brooklyn Bridge Park a financially self-sustaining park that does not drain city resources for annual operation and maintenance or eventual capital improvement…

  • Case Study

    Branching Out: An Exploration in Arboriculture for Boston Youth

    This program provides young people with an introduction to tree care, hands-on field experience with professional arborists, and opportunities to learn about c…

  • Report

    Active Parks, Healthy Cities: Recommendations from the National Study of Neighborhood Parks

    City Parks Alliance

    This report curates multiple case studies for each of the four major findings from cities of different sizes and geographies for park and recreation profession…

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    Report

    Building Bridges: A Community-Based Stewardship Study for an Equitable East River Park

    The Trust for Public Land, James Lima Planning + Development

    Identifies park stewardship structures that depart from typical “conservancy” mode and makes recommendations on park equity and funding mechanisms.

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    Agreement

    City of Brownsville & National Wildlife Refuge Cost Share Agreement

    City of Brownsville

    This is a cost-share agreement between the City of Brownsville and the Laguna Atacosca National Wildlife Refuge to fund a full-time term position to do communi…

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