PARD Urban Parks Workgroup Outlines Strategies Urban Pocket Parks

On November 1st the PARD Urban Parks Workgroup presented to the Council Subcommittee on Comprehensive Planning and Transportation draft recommendations on how to create enough parks in the central city for everyone to live within a 1/4 mile walking distance of a park. Looking at issues such as accessibility, childhood obesity, maintenance budgets, and design innovations the Workgroup made a series of initial policy recommendations for both City Council and PARD. Take a look at the draft recommendations and the PowerPoint they used to present. The final report will be out in about a month.

Family-Friendly Places from trip to Southeastern United States

Here are photos of family-friendly play spaces we came across during a recent trip to the Southeastern United States: