Parks

Why Build Partnerships?

As city agencies downsize and individuals become more involved in their urban parks, a whole new range of options for managing urban parks has evolved: public/private partnerships.
  • Why Build Partnerships for Parks?

    This chapter from Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners traces the history of parks and the social and economic conditions that led to the emergence of public/private partnerships.
    Project for Public Spaces

  • Partnerships: The Key to the Future for America's Urban Parks

    In this chapter from the Trust for Public Land's Urban Parks and Open Space, former TPL president Martin J. Rosen reflects on the importance of partnerships in the planning, funding and managing of public parks and open space. (scroll down after clicking on the link)
    The Trust for Public Land

  • Making Partnership Work: The Central Park Model

    Betsy Barlow Rodgers, who founded the Central Park Conservancy and restored the crown jewel in New York City's park system, explains the three P's of partnerships: passion, patience, and persistence.
    Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute

  • Building Partners in Brooklyn

    Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas, on her experience building one of the U.S.'s premier parks organizations.
    Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute

  • A Riverfront Runs Through It

    An examination of the ground-breaking partnership that has the nonprofit Riverfront Recapture assuming responsibility for riverfront parks in the cities of Hartford and East Hartford, Connecticut.
    Parks and Recreation magazine

  • Parks and Libraries in Partnership

    Diantha Schull, Executive Director of Libraries for the Future, talks about the important civic role for parks, libraries, and other institutions.
    Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute

  • Neighborhood Reclaims Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC

    This success story shows how a group of volunteers in Washington, DC worked to turn a neighborhood park with an astonishing murder rate into a haven and center of community activity.
    Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute

  • Riverfront Partners: Giving & Receiving

    Using the Hartford, CT riverfront as an example, this chart shows the range of riverfont partners, their contributions to a partnership, and the benefits they receive.
    PPS Senior Associate Toni Gold (former Planning and Development Administrator, Riverfront Recapture, Inc.)

  • Partnerships for Parks: Lessons from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Urban Parks Initiative

    A report analyzing partnerships between public agencies and nonprofits, which were formed as part of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Urban Parks Initiative.
    The Urban Institute