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2012 Webinar Series
Building Effective Park Partnerships: Strategies and Innovations for Urban Park Leaders and Stewards
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Funding Opportunities
- Pulling Together Initiative Offers Funding to Help Control Invasive Plant Species
Deadline:
May 18, 2012
The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation's Pulling Together Initiative seeks proposals that will help control invasive plant species, mostly through the work of public/private partnerships. It is anticipated that the initiative will award a total of $1 million this year. Award amounts range ...
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Frontline Parks
- Hunting Park
Philadelphia, PAThis North Philadelphia park is located in one of the city’s most challenged areas. Now, a place that was once a neighborhood's biggest liability is a source of pride and is setting a new standard for Philadelphia’s 10,200 acre urban park system.
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- City Parks Alliance 2012 Webinar Series
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Programming and Partnerships
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May 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM EDT
One barrier to park use is park safety – perceived or actual. How can parks ... - CPA Day on the Hill 2012
Washington, DC
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Thursday, April 19; 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Join City Parks Alliance members and friends for our fourth annual Day on the Hill to make the case for ... - Signature Park Survey Released
City Parks Alliance and HR&A Advisors surveyed 58 dedicated park stewardship organizations across North America to understand their role in park management and the opportunities they create for signature city ...
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Sunday marked the beginning of the first-ever National Urban Biodiversity Week, a seven-city collaboration to bring urban dwellers into contact with local flora and fauna, from fungi to salamanders to old growth forests. The week-long series boasts dozens of events...
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Eighteen months ago, the National Park Service (NPS) in conjunction with the Trust for the National Mall, created the 2010 National Mall Plan, a vision for the kinds of resource conditions, visitor experiences, and facilities that would best fulfill the...
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This is part two of a three-part series looking at the histories of six different city park conservancies. Read part one here. Madison Square Park Conservancy, Madison Square Park, New York Madison Square Park was officially dedicated in 1847. In 1870,...
Action Alerts
- Ask Your Mayors to Show Their Support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
City Parks Alliance is working to build continued support from our nation’s mayors for this important source of non-taxpayer-funded investment in our communities. In June, the U.S. Conference of Mayors adopted a resolution supporting the Land and Water Conservation Fund as critical to the goal that “everyone in urban America ...
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