- Volunteers Show San Diego City Kids the Joys of Nature
Union-Tribune Inner City Outings, an all-volunteer program of the Sierra Club, brings nature closer to kids who grow up with paved playgrounds. (January 27)
- NJ Governor Offers Communities New Tools For Battling Sprawl
The Express Times Governor McGreevey's plan includes planting 100,000 new trees, refurbishing and creating 200 urban parks and crafting two new state parks within three years. (January 15)
- New Park is Centerpiece for Downtown Bowling Green, KY Plan
Bowling Green Daily News Plans call for sprucing up the riverfront and downtown parks, and a mixed-use development around a park dubbed "Circus Square." (January 8)
- Presidential Library, Park at Heart of Little Rock Revitalization
The Associated Press The Clinton Presidential Center - and the sizable new city park that surrounds it - are creating a boom in downtown Little Rock. (January 6)
- High-Growth Areas Need Open Spaces, Report Says
The News Tribune The Puget Sound Regional Council in Tacoma, WA, reports that open spaces are absent from the very places where they are most needed: high-density regions. (January 5)
