2011 City Park Facts Released: Urban Parks Grow as Employment Declines
The Trust for Public Land has released its most recent data on city park systems from across the country, showing that the 100 largest cities added more than 120 parks in the past year. 2011 City Park...
View ArticleLots of Parkland, Please – And Make it Nearby, Too!
New Report Ranks the Biggest Cities Large amounts of parkland in cities is important, but equally vital is to have parks which are nearby and easily accessible to residents, according to the latest...
View Article100 Largest US Cities – What’s the deal?
Maybe its time to talk a bit about the 100 largest US cities are and what they represent in terms of acreage, population and where they are located. To start, the full list is located on Parkscore or...
View ArticleThe 2017 City park facts is released!
The 2017 edition of City park facts is now available for download from the Trust for Public Land website. New this year, we ask for your email address so we can email you a link to a survey. We’d...
View ArticleCity Park Facts: Volunteering in Parks
Volunteers on the Barton Creek Greenbelt, Austin, TX 2011 In our press release announcing the 2017 edition of City park facts, we focused on the role and the importance of volunteers working in park...
View ArticleCity park facts: Seattle has five top ten rankings in 2017
The Seattle Park Parks and Recreation Department has five top ten rankings in the 2017 edition of City Park Facts. The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence works to make cities more...
View ArticleCity park facts: Washington DC has five top ten rankings in 2017
Parks in Washington, DC has five top ten rankings in the 2017 edition of City Park Facts. Parks are operated and maintained by variety of agencies, including the DC Department of Parks and Recreation,...
View ArticleCity park facts: Virgina Beach has five top ten rankings in 2017
Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation has five top ten rankings in the 2017 edition of City Park Facts The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence works to make cities more successful...
View ArticleCity park facts: spending for public parks, part 1
Part of our annual City Park Facts report focuses on spending in public parks in the 100 largest US cities. This includes park agency spending on parks and recreation specifically at the city, county,...
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