Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Join Mickey Fearn, Deputy Director for Communications and Community Assistance, National Park Service to discuss opportunities to link urban communities with national parks.

The Olmsted Legacy Screens Nationwide

City Parks Alliance is partnering with our members nationwide to screen The Olmsted Legacy: America’s Urban Parks, a one hour documentary featuring the voices of Kevin Kline and Kerry Washington.

Red Fields to Green Fields Presentation

A White House urban policy adviser endorsed the Red Fields to Green Fields concept as a “perfect match” for the administration’s approach to cities and pledged to work with the project’s leaders to convene a meeting with administration officials.

Submit Your Applications by August 16, 2010!
The Department of Housing and Urban Development offers grants  to help Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, including neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development, for persons of low and moderate income.  Park organizations may partner with HSIs in order to be eligible for funding.  Grants of up to $600,000 are available!  For more information and grant application instructions, please click here.

CPA DAY ON THE HILL

CPA held its inaugural Day on the Hill, on Tuesday, April 20.  Forty advocates received a legislative overview, participated in a training session, and then had 56 Congressional office visits to talk about the need for urban parks funding.  We are grateful to the JM Kaplan Fund, Colorado Health Foundation and William Penn Foundation for providing scholarships.

CPA Featured in Urban Land magazine

CPA’s Red Fields to Green Fields project was the focus of an article in the January/February 2010 issue of Urban Land magazine.  “From Vacant Properties to Green Space,” describes a land-based approach to solving America’s economic crisis by enabling municipalities to acquire vacant commercial properties to develop into parks and green space.  CPA’s partnership with Georgia Tech Research Institute on a national research effort is highlighted.  Urban Land is published by the Urban Land Institute, a non-profit that provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.  Download the article here: ULI_Jan-Feb_Caravati-From_Vacant_Properties_to_Green_Space.pdf

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