Posts Tagged ‘ Parks and Recreation ’

Community Meetings for Green2015

Posted on May 26, 2010

Green2015: An Action Plan for 500 New Acres of Open Space

Everyone deserves access to public parks and open space. The City of Philadelphia invites you to share your thoughts about the future of green space in your neighborhood. Help us shape the city’s action plan to add 500 acres of public space to meet the mayor’s sustainability goals.

Each session will include a site tour, a presentation from Parks and Recreation leadership on the Mayor’s efforts through Greenworks Philadelphia and the opportunity to have your voice heard in this important initiative. Refreshments are provided.

Your opinion matters. Join us!

For more information call 215-683-3666 or 215-898-6316, or go to planphilly.com/green2015.

Green2015 is a project led by the Department of Parks and Recreation in coordination with Greenworks Philadelphia and the Philadelphia City Planning Commission’s comprehensive planning process. The project is supported with grants from the William Penn Foundation and the Lenfest Foundation, PennPraxis, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Penn Project for Civic Engagement.

Community Safety and Sustainable Land Use

Posted on January 12, 2010

When: January 28, 2010, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

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Urban Sustainability Forum:
“Building Safer Communities through Sustainable Land Use”

Featuring:

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Follow-Up: Protecting Parklands

Posted on August 18, 2009

USF-medium-centeredThree segments of video containing footage from the July 16th, 2009 Urban Sustainability Forum, “Protecting Parklands” can be accessed below.

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Follow Up: July Programs Examine Urban Design

Posted on August 13, 2009

Town Square LogoThrough the Center for Environmental Policy, the Academy of Natural Sciences has had the opportunity to work with new partners and to support novel programming that demonstrates the important role of natural history museums in the 21st century. “Urban sustainability” is one such area that has been embraced by the Academy, as we promote thought and action to make Philadelphia “the greenest, most livable city in America.”  (more…)

Protecting Parklands

Posted on June 22, 2009

When: July 16, 2009, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

USF-medium-centeredUrban Sustainability Forum:  Parklands Use and Protection – Striking The Right Balance

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This program will seek to advance the discussion and thinking about parkland use in Philadelphia.  An historic opportunity to protect and revitalize Philadelphia’s parks and recreation was ushered in last November when citizens overwhelmingly voted in favor of amending the City Charter to create a new Department of Parks and Recreation and a new Commission.  One of the main responsibilities of the new Commission on Parks and Recreation, as mandated by the Charter referendum, will be to, for the first time ever, adopt standards and guidelines for the conveyance and acquisition of park and recreation land and facilities. (more…)