Looking At Parks From A Regional Perspective

A group of citizens and local government officials in and around Portland are making the case for regional participation in the planning, acquisition and maintenance of parks.

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June 8, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


Though regional thinking in the planning field has become cliche recently, the idea of regionalism isn't usually applied to parks and parkland. Yet, a group of citizens and government officials in the Portland area are calling for exactly that. "Citizens and officials who prepared a report on parks, submitted to the Metro Council last week, argued that parks will always be a green afterthought unless we begin to think of them as a regionwide resource. Why? Because parks demand a level of financing and futuristic thinking that local governments, under pressure to provide more basic public services, only rarely provide."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

Thursday, June 7, 2001 in The Oregonian

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