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2012 Webinar Series
Building Effective Park Partnerships: Strategies and Innovations for Urban Park Leaders and Stewards
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- National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grants
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March 1, 2012
Through Our Town, subject to the availability of funding, the National Endowment for the Arts will provide a limited number of grants, ranging from $25,000 to $150,000, for creative placemaking projects that contribute toward the ...
Frontline Parks
- Hudson River Park
New York, NYHudson River Park stretches the five miles from Battery Park City to 59th Street, making it the second largest waterfront park in the nation, and the largest open space project in Manhattan since Central Park was completed.
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- City Parks Alliance 2012 Webinar Series
From Pushcarts to Real Estate: Creating Opportunities for Earned Income
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February 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM EST
City park managers are increasingly looking to commercial activity to generate revenue 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 ...
more > - The Nation's Mayors Seek President's Continued Support for Land and Water Conservation Fund
Washington, DC - 50 mayors across the country urged President Obama this week to support federal funding of urban parks and green space as a strategy for creating jobs and ...
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Each month, City Parks Alliance recognizes a “Frontline Park” to promote and highlight inspiring examples of urban park excellence, innovation, and stewardship across the country. The program also seeks to highlight examples of the challenges facing our cities’ parks as...
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An excerpt from The Trust for Public Land’s report From Fitness Zones to the Medical Mile: How Urban Park Systems Can Best Promote Health and Wellness. We wrote a preview of this report in an earlier post. In this post, we look...
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An eleventh excerpt from the recently released book published by Island Press called Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities. In this post, we look at some cities who have created parkland from wetlands and stormwater storage ponds. For environmental, financial, and legal reasons,...
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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