Sentences with phrase «urban parks initiative»
The Urban Parks initiative sought to improve the quantity and quality of city parks for public use, particularly in low - income neighborhoods, and to broaden urban leaders» understanding of the importance of parks to the health and vitality of cities.
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The Paterson administration said linking the parks measure with the EPF — which pays for initiatives such as buying land for preservation, plus water cleanup efforts, urban forestry and recycling — was the only way to realize the savings needed to help balance the $ 9.2 billion deficit.
The Parks Conservancy's award - winning urban environmental education center — in partnership with the NPS and Presidio Trust — serves students (K — 12) through a suite of innovative and experiential programs, including summer camps, school field trips, community outreach initiatives, and more.
City Sculpture Projects 1972 considers the ways in which this initiative took sculpture beyond the genre of the «open air» urban park display, that had been popularised through exhibitions staged in the post-war decades in London's Battersea and Holland Parks, and proposed a new model of art in the urban realm.
The Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park announce the publication of a volume representing the third component of the three - part art - and urban - planning initiative, Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City.
More recently, Milagros Lecuona, an urban planner and now co-chair of the Tappan Bridge Park initiative, had the same idea.
Of course, some of the missing pieces of a truly smart mobility plan are the integration of public transit, parking infrastructure, and urban planning into the mix, but even so, these Ford initiatives do seem like they could eventually be a part of a bigger set of transportation solutions.