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Sen. Kevin De Leon And Environmental Leaders Detail Benefits Of Prop. 68 Park Bond For Los Angeles

June 19, 2018

State Sen. Kevin de Leon and leaders of the campaign which enacted Proposition 68 today detailed the benefits the Los Angeles area will receive from the $4 billion parks and open space bond, the largest in the history of California.

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California voters pass record $4.1 billion package for parks and open space

June 5, 2018

California voters Tuesday approved a record $4.1 billion package of bonds to provide parks, open space, clean water and help fight climate change in the state.

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The Trust for Public Land Releases 2018 ParkScore® Index, Ranking Park Systems in the 100 Largest U.S. Cities

May 22, 2018

Minneapolis has the best park system in the United States, according to The Trust for Public Land’s 7th annual ParkScore® index, which was released today by the nonprofit organization.

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We ranked America’s park systems. And the winner is …

May 22, 2018 | 4 comments

We admit it: we’re park nerds here at The Trust for Public Land. So we’re excited to release this year’s ParkScore® index, our annual ranking of the largest U.S. cities based on park access, acreage, and funding.

Find your city’s ParkScore ranking for 2018....

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How to green your city: advice from real people behind great parks

May 8, 2018

Behind every spruced-up playground, every picnic-bench lunch spot, and every mile of greenway are dedicated people who put their time, skills, and passion into making their neighborhoods better places to live. As The Trust for Public Land works to put a park within a...

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For a Philadelphia neighborhood, playgrounds make “a world of difference”

April 24, 2018

Maria Gonzalez remembers what Philadelphia’s Jose Manuel Collazo Playground used to look like. “The equipment was old and vandalized. You had to wear SPF 50 to be out there on the concrete, because there were no trees or grass.” The soil beneath the playground had collapsed, creating a gaping...

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Construction to Begin on Story Mill Community Park, Campaign deadline fast approaching

April 10, 2018

To the joy of the local community, The Trust for Public Land today announced that construction has begun on Story Mill Community Park. The Trust for Public Land has been working in partnership with the City of Bozeman to create the vision and designs for the 60-acre park since 2012.

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Rooted in community, New York City's gardens still thrive

April 4, 2018

In New York City, where backyards are rare, a community garden is more than a place to grow vegetables: it’s a place to play, get muddy, and gather for summer cookouts. Today, the Big Apple’s 450 community gardens are a fixture of city living—but there was a time they were nearly lost forever....

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Emerging from fire, a Ventura neighborhood is ready to celebrate its new park

March 1, 2018 | 1 comment

The California city of Ventura was in the news in December when it got caught up in the massive Thomas Fire, which burned more than 280,000 acres. The city’s Westside neighborhood, where we’ve been working to build a new park on the site of a defunct factory, narrowly escaped disaster.

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Study Details Economic Benefit Of Protecting Space In Beaufort County

January 22, 2018

The Trust for Public Land will present a new report to Beaufort County Council at Monday's council meeting which shows the county's parks, trails and open spaces program generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year in economic benefits to county residents.

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