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Measuring Park Use to Better Understand Your Park System
Despite the historically high use of parks during the pandemic, many park organizations may lack a data-driven picture of how park use is changing and how this…
Fiscal Sponsorship Program Template
Fiscal sponsorship documents that the Partnership for Providence Parks offers members to support and increase the involvement of neighborhood parks groups.
City Parks Alliance: Summer Series 2021
Click here for all information on the Summer Series happening June 14-25, 2021!
LA County Draft Displacement Avoidance Strategy
Memo outlining strategies to address and lessen displacement and gentrification outcomes as a result of park enhancement projects.
Infrastructure Principles: Parks are Infrastructure
Parks are essential infrastructure and require investment to meet 21st-century challenges and function as green infrastructure.
New York Zoning Law and Practice Report
Article considers five alternative revenue strategies that show promise for leveraging private dollars for public parks and protected open space.
From Brown to Blooming: Groundwork USA’s Field-Tested Guide for Getting from Brownfield to Neighborhood Asset
Addresses transforming contaminated urban property into open space. Primarily written for nonprofits how to transform a site into a community asset.
Alternative Compliance and Stormwater Innovation Coalition Letter
Existing stormwater infrastructure must be modernized and strengthened for communities and companies nationwide.
Reimagining the Civic Commons: A New Way of Working for Cities
An initiative fostering engagement, equity, sustainability, and economic development by revitalizing places like parks, plazas, trails, and libraries.
Detroit: Parks & Rec Improvement Plan
Learn about Detroit's equity-focused park planning team, which used equity data to create an improvement plan for 40 neighborhood parks.
Park Study Tour: Austin, TX
Thanks to our sponsors and partners: KOMPAN, Agency Landscape + Planning, The Trail Foundation, WRT, Austin Parks & Recreation, and City of Austin.
Board Member Feature: Jayne Miller Discusses Recent Parks Win in Pittsburgh, PA
By: Jayne MillerJayne Miller discusses the recent passing of a vital parks funding referendum and how her organization uses public opinion to shape her city's parks.
Park and Conservation Organizations Applaud Dept. of Interior for Grants to Build and Improve Parks in Disadvantaged Urban Communities
The NPS announced the ORLP grant winners for projects to develop new or improve existing parks in 18 economically-disadvantaged, urbanized areas in 16 states.
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park uses park infrastructure to serve multiple functions; offering green space, delivering clean water, improving the city’s air, providing transpor…
Shelby Farms Park and Greenline
Shelby Farms Park is one of the largest urban parks in the U.S. and features open pastures, forested areas, an international award-winning playground, equestri…
Cumberland and Riverfront Parks
These parks fulfill a vital role in managing stormwater and making Nashville safer and more resilient.
Lafitte Greenway
A small investment in the Lafitte Greenway created a means of transportation for local residents, catalyzed development in the area, and increased environmenta…
The High Line
Lauded as one of the most innovative urban reclamation projects in modern history, New York’s High Line has effectively paved the way for using public parks to…
Pullman Peace Playground Project
The story of a neighborhood struggling with poverty and gun violence that rallied to construct a playground. This and other case studies sponsored by REI.
City Parks: America’s New Infrastructure – Economy
The economy-focused video of the five-part series documenting the multi-functional benefits of urban parks.
