City Parks Alliance Releases new report on the benefits of LWCF for cities !!

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On January 21, 2015 the City Parks Alliance, along with the leadership of the Mayors for Parks announced the release of a comprehensive report on the value and benefits of Parks and the LWCF to our nation’s cities.  The report can be found in the attachment below, along with a photo of Mike Boots White House Representative, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, CPA Executive Director Catherine Nagel, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker.

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Photo: United States Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell urges the U.S. Congress to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund before it expires in September. For the past 50 years, the LWCF has used offshore oil and gas royalties to help fund the creation of more than 42,000 state and local parks, playgrounds, urban wildlife refuges, greenways, trails and open spaces. Credit: Ron Sachs

Photo, L to R.   White House Official Mike Boots, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, City Parks Alliance Executive Director Catherine Nagel, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker