INCREASED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PARKS
Mayors for Parks is one strategy that City Parks Alliance uses to draw attention to the need for greater funding. Based in Washington, DC, we also work with various traditional and non-traditional coalitions to advocate for greater federal investment in our nation’s parks by regularly meeting with Congressional offices and the administration, developing tools, publishing opinion columns to highlight the benefits of park funding, and organizing an annual Day on the Hill.

With the permanent authorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in early 2019, City Parks Alliance is now working with the Mayors for Parks Coalition, our members, and others to seek full and dedicated funding for LWCF, increased funding for city parks through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program, and inclusion of parks as an eligible component in any infrastructure legislation.