February 28, 2006
Urban & Historic Parks
Of potential interest to advocates of Los Angeles' historic parks is a new website recently launched by the City Parks Alliance and the National Association for Olmsted Parks. ParksPractices.org is intended to assist local parks in meeting their current needs more effectively as they encounter the ever present challenges in preserving, maintaining, operating and funding their parks and in serving their increasingly diverse constituents.
The site seeks to highlight the experience of CPA and NAOP members — both successes and failures, facilitate a sharing of lessons learned, and provide opportunities for interaction among city park leaders and citizen groups. It is hoped that through this effort there will be greater investment in city parks across the country and a renewed interest in their role as centers of our common heritage.
Check it out at: http://www.parkspractices.org/index.php.
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