New York City’s Low-Profile Parks to Get Conservancies’ Help, and Some Cash
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Volume XXXX, Number 6455
Thursday, Nov 19, 2015
Mayor De Blasio And NYC Parks Commissioner Silver Announce $15 Million
In Conservancy Commitments To
Community Parks
NYC Parks
On Saturday, November 14, 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, announced a new comprehensive package of conservancy engagements to improve parks and open space in Community Parks Initiative (CPI) neighborhoods. CPI was launched in 2014 to revitalize historically underfunded community parks in neighborhoods with higher-than-average concentrations of poverty and growing populations. Through targeted contributions of funding and in-kind support, eight of the City’s conservancy partners will bring an influx of resources to CPI neighborhoods valued at $15 million through 2018.
“Every child deserves bright, green space right in their neighborhood – and this essential support from our city’s conservancies will help us make this a reality. I commend Senator Squadron for putting forward a proposal that sparked a critical conversation around how to improve smaller parks in less wealthy neighborhoods and engage the city’s park conservancies in that effort,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “I want to thank all of our conservancy partners and their boards for their long-standing partnership with the city, which not only helps ensure some of our most heavily utilized and well-loved parks remain vibrant, but now also brings their resources and expertise to bear on our city’s neighborhood parks in need.”
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Now the parks in CPI neighborhoods will benefit from additional resources thanks to conservancy contributions ranging from enhanced maintenance to new public programming, landscape and horticulture improvements, gardener training programs, design services and more from eight of the city’s leading park non-profit groups: the Battery Conservancy, Bryant Park Corporation, Central Park Conservancy, Friends of the High Line, Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York Restoration Project, Prospect Park Alliance and Randall’s Island Park Alliance.
Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, said, “We value the City's long-standing partnership with our conservancy partners and look forward to working together to not only promote the long-term vitality of our flagship parks but to develop new ways of bringing their expertise, resources, and passion to community parks where there is great need.”
The partnership between the City and these park non-profit organizations has been vital to ensuring that many of New York City’s most utilized parks are more vibrant today than ever. Their work over the years has supported enhanced maintenance, thousands of volunteers, dynamic programming and critical capital improvements in these parks through millions of dollars in private funding. Now these organizations will expand on their record of assisting community parks by dedicating resources and expertise to reviving park sites for New Yorkers who need them the most through the Community Parks Initiative.
Conservancy contributions to CPI are:
- Bryant Park Corporation (BPC)
- Central Park Conservancy (CPC)
- Friends of the High Line (FHL)
- Madison Square Park Conservancy (MSPC)
- New York Restoration Project (NYRP)
- Prospect Park Alliance (PPA)
- Randall’s Island Park Alliance (RIPA)
- The Battery Conservancy (TBC)
www.nycgovparks.org/about/partners
https://philanthropy.com /article/ Small-NYC-Parks-Gain
Eight of the largest nonprofits supporting New York City parks will donate expertise, staff time, and cash to improve smaller parks under an agreement with Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, reports The New York Times.The deal, valued at $15 million, complements a $285-million City Hall effort launched last year to steer resources into rebuilding and renovating scores of green spaces and recreation areas in low-income communities. The Central Park Conservancy, Friends of the High Line, and the Prospect Park Alliance are among the major park groups that signed on to the pact, which runs through 2018.
www.nytimes.com /2015/11/14/ nyregion/ New-york-citys-low-profile-parks-to-get-conservancies-help-and-some-cash
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