In a world of asphalt and brick, New York's more than 450 community gardens provide residents rare places to relax and connect with nature. They serve as front porches and backyards—places to meet with neighbors, play, grow produce, and gather for summer cookouts.
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The Trust for Public Land will work with students and residents in the community to transform this playground in West Philadelphia with new playground equipment, an improved recreation field, and stormwater management features.
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From 1997 to November 2000, TPL helped local community leaders with polling, strategy, measure design, and communications for a new bi-state park district. Now that the park district has been created, TPL continues to work with the local communities to help implement their programs and acquire targeted lands.
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Located in the center of South Carolina, Congaree National Park protects 22,200 acres including the largest intact tract of old-growth flood plain forest in North America.
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When 1,200 houses were proposed to be built on 1,035 acres of undisturbed open space, Draper City asked The Trust for Public Land for help saving the land, water resources, and public access to the rugged landscape.
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It's called "the cornfield" because crops grew there in the 19th century. More recently, this 32-acre property on the edge of LA's downtown and Chinatown was an abandoned railyard slated for a one-million-square-foot industrial development.
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In 2002, TPL helped a New Jersey nonprofit acquire a 37-acre day camp to offer animal-assisted therapy for children exposed to domestic violence, emotional abuse, divorce, or drug or alcohol abuse.
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A conservation easement on approximately 14 acres now protects this Lowcountry plantation, located at the junction of the Okatie River and Highway 278 in southern Beaufort County.
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Our work in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, preserves land important in American history while protecting Appalachian wildlands. It includes protection of the view from Pinnacle Overlook when it was threatened by potential development around Fern Lake, the only source of drinking water for nearby Middlesboro.
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In 2010, TPL purchased property from Molpus Timber that included McLean Rock, which in 1965, was proclaimed by the Great Smokey Hiking Club as the start of the Cumberland Trail.
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