- Winter Garden Reopens
New York Newsday - September 17 will signal a milestone in the rebirth of lower Manhattan, when the Winter Garden, a public atrium featuring palm trees and marble floors, reopens after its $50 million restoration. (September 6)
- Sprucing Up Corpus Christie, Park by Park
Corpus Christie Caller-Times - After a few initial successes, local residents have banded together to form this Texas city's first parks' friends groups. (September 1)
- No Ordinary Walk in the Park
Denver Post - The makeover of downtown's Skyline Park inches closer to reality as the public prepares for meetings to discuss its redesign. (September 5)
- Biologists' Work Shrinks Alaska Urban Goose Flocks
Planet Ark A look at this success of Anchorage's reduction of Canada geese, and how it differs from methods used in other cities struggling with the birds, such as Minneapolis, Seattle and Boston. (September 23)
- Fruit Vendors a Nuisance in Mindanao Parks
In the Philippines, a case study on how not to integrate public markets with public parks. (September 23)
- County-Wide Fix-Up for Jersey Parks
NorthJersey.com The parks of Southern Passaic County in New Jersey, designed as one of the first county parks systems by the Olmsted Brothers, are due for a $600,000 makeover. (September 17)
- Columbus Adds 47 Acres To Its Urban Parks
ThisWeek The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will add 47 acres to its holdings along Clover Groff Creek with a Clean Ohio grant accepted this week. (September 19)
- Texas Adopts Conservation and Recreation Plan
Valley Morning Star One of the plan’s stated goals is the acquisition of a minimum of four 5,000-acre state parks near major urban centers. (September 22)
- Sydney To Build Urban Park As Olympics Legacy
News Interactive, Australia Plans from the New South Wales Government call for parklands more than twice the size of Sydney's Centennial Park in the western part of the city. (September 18)
- Alternative Borrowing Adds Funds For Open Space
Press of Atlantic City - New Jersey is considering a different way of borrowing money so the open-space program can spend as much as $300 million extra on urban parks. (September 24)
- El Paso Parks Join Citizens in Plan to Save Water
El Paso Times - Residents of this parched city have been asked to reduce their water usage by 50%, while the Parks Department leads by example. (September 27)
- A Billion-Dollar Bug Problem
CNN.com The Southern pine beetle is the most destructive of several beetles chewing their way through forests and urban parks, causing more than a $1 billion in damage. (September 26)
