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City Parks Alliance

8/4/20 | President Signs the "Great American Outdoors Act," a Historic Win for City Parks

City Parks Alliance

7/22/20 | Congress Passes "Great American Outdoors Act," a Historic Win for City Parks

City Parks Alliance

7/10/20 | House Appropriations Committee Proposes Highest Funding in Decades for Local Parks

The Hill

3/26/19 | Federal investment in parks yields big results for cities

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6/11/18 | City Parks Alliance Applauds U.S. Conference of Mayors for Adoption of City Park/Infrastructure Resolution

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6/11/18 | City Parks Alliance Applauds U.S. Conference of Mayors for Adoption of City Park/Infrastructure Resolution

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6/26/17 | City Parks Alliance Applauds U.S. Conference of Mayors for Adoption of Land and Water Conservation Fund and Urban Park Funding Resolution

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5/23/17 | City Parks Alliance/Mayors for Parks React to President's FY 18 Budget

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1/23/17 | Governing Magazine - Why Urban Parks are Essential Infrastructure by Catherine Nagel

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8/30/16 | Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild Labor Day LWCF Op-Ed

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6/27/16 | City Parks Alliance Praises U.S. Conference of Mayors for Adoption of Land and Water Conservation Fund and Urban Park Funding Resolution

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2/23/16 | White House, Congress feud over future of popular park-funding program

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2/4/16 | City Parks Alliance & the Mayors for Parks Coalition Applaud LWCF Funding in President’s Budget

NextCity

12/21/15 | Fans of City Parks get Good News Out of D.C.

US News & World Report

11/18/15 | Keep Our Cities Healthy

NextCity

11/11/15 | America's $900 Million Parks Problem

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10/1/15 | LWCF bites the dust. Now what?

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6/30/15 | Press Clips - LWCF and Mayors for Parks in the News

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5/21/15 | Mayors urge Congress to fully fund LWCF

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8/9/14 | Press Clips - LWCF Events (Carmel and Phoenix)

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7/10/14 | Press Clips - LWCF Events (Fort Worth and Birmingham)

ThinkProgress

5/25/14 | Want to Tackle the Childhood Obesity Epidemic? Then We Need To Build More Parks

Deseret News

5/23/14 | Becker muses on climate change, parks, and eliminating traffic signals

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5/23/14 | U.S. mayors pass resolution urging full funding for LWCF

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5/23/14 | U.S. Mayor Magazine

The Hill

12/13/13 | Vibrant American cities rely on the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Denver Business Journal

12/10/13 | Mayor Hancock: Denver's parks are key to the city's future

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

12/10/13 | Protecting parks and cities' health

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12/10/13 | Mayors Launch Bipartisan Push for Parks Funding

Fort Worth Weekly

12/9/13 | Mayors Push for Parks Funding

Multimedia

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Mayors for Parks - Betsy Price, Fort Worth, TX

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Mayors for Parks - Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Denver

Press Releases

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2/4/2016 | City Parks Alliance and the Mayors for Parks Coalition Applaud LWCF Funding in President’s Budget

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11/10/2015 | New Report Highlights the Health Benefits of the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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5/21/2015 | Mayors Call on Congress to Support the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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5/21/2015 | New Report Highlights Economic Impact of the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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6/23/2014 | LWCF Resolution Announcement

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12/10/2013 | Mayors for Parks Announcement

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