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

FULL STORY: Expanding Metro's role in parks

Thursday, June 7, 2001 in The Oregonian

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