parks

As the next round of federal Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) funding approaches, Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) staff attended the City Parks’ Alliance roundtable “Bring Federal ORLP Park Funding to Your City” – hosted by N...

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...

When you imagine a brownfield you probably conjure images of urban sites. However, brownfields can happen anywhere, even charming small towns and postcard-worthy country sides. Across the country, rural communities are reclaiming these sites for communi...

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...