open space
Public green spaces, including parks, open-space, trails, urban greening, and recreation areas, are a vital element of a vibrant and healthy community, providing boundless social, economic, and physical benefits. However, most communities struggle to find...
Across the country, communities are wrestling with contaminated land. Former factories, railyards, and vacant lots divide neighborhoods and burden local economies. Yet increasingly, these “brownfields” are being reimagined as parks, wetlands, and comm...
This article appeared in the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration Newsletter In an age where urban and suburban land is a coveted commodity, communities should look for solutions to rejuvenate abandoned, vacant, underutilized, often bli...
The City of East Wenatchee Washington is located along the Columbia River in Central Washington. In the early 1900s, non-indigenous settlers planted apple, cherry, apricot, pear and other orchards, which thrived in the cool, dry climate, and with irrigati...
