Austin has parks—big and small, pocket and sprawling, greenways and byways. Some are beautiful and awe-inspiring; others are works in progress, still waiting for their moment. Thirteen hundred people from across the country descended on the city for Greater & Greener, hosted by City Parks Alliance in partnership with Austin Parks and Recreation and The Trail Conservancy [...]
The California Natural Resources Agency has launched a statewide trails survey to better understand how people use trails and what improvements matter most [...]
Excitement was in the air as I entered a room of creative people doing infrastructure reuse projects all over America. The occasion was the High Line Network Symposium, held in Detroit last Fall. Over 250 people attended, representing 47 projects converting roads, rails, rivers, and buildings, long languishing in their communities, into vibrant public spaces [...]
In April, members of The Southeast Greenway Campaign met with Michael Boland, Chief Park Officer of The Presidio Trust to tour the Presidio Tunnel Tops park in San Francisco [...]
Close to Santa Rosa, a rare piece of riverfront land in downtown Petaluma called the Petaluma River Park is set to become a vibrant and welcoming public space for residents of Petaluma, Sonoma County, and beyond. [...]