![]() One such park enlivens an inner city neighborhood through the Southwark/Queens Neighborhood community garden. Though this summary sounds minor, small urban parks may have a significant role in the city. FLP transferred 5 properties, 22 acres, to the City of Philadelphia.Over $12 million from 67 grants, 7 park areas acquired, and o ver 60 areas improved.Canoemobile – A program introduce youth to water recreation opportunities within urban areas, using 24' Voyager canoes (NPS/Wilderness Inquiry).Delaware River Urban Waters Partnership - National Park Service is working in Philadelphia, Camden, Chester PA and Wilmington to better align federal resources to address urban river issues (US Forest Service/US Geological Service/US Fish and Wildlife Service).NPS RTCA Community Assistance Fellow –NPS Fellow focused on community conservation, outdoor recreation and youth engagement (NPS/Conservation Legacy).Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Trail Stewards – improve stewardship and recreation on the Green Ribbon Trail (NPS/Wissahickon Valley Water Association Trail Stewards).James School program to engage students in active learning and recreation opportunities (NPS/Urban Blazers) Living Classroom Partnership Program – expand the St.Mantua Greenway –A project to restore a greenway for close to home outdoor spaces (NPS/Philadelphia Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Mantua Greenway Resident Advisory Committee).Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) #Clark recreation playground airmount seriesPhiladelphia is home to a series of National Park Service community programs, many of them are highlighted below. In addition to its parks, the Park Service also has dozens of programs designed to serve communities. The National Park Service is more than a sum of its parks. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAMS IN PHILADELPHIA I've lived in Philadelphia with my sons for the last 26 years, still close to my childhood city park. For the last eight years, I've worked on management plans with parks in the New York metropolitan area including Gateway National Recreation Area, Statue of Liberty and African Burial Ground National Monuments and Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. ![]() ![]() During those years, I lead some of the first partnership projects to link trails, parks and the health community and served on a special assignment as a project officer for Active Living by Design, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, providing technical assistance and support to community partnerships throughout the country including Albuquerque, Buffalo, Chicago, and the Minneapolis region. I joined the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) and spent 15 years working with local government agencies, non-profit organizations and community groups in urban areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia to build coalitions and envision new trail and greenways systems. In 1990, I started at NPS as an outdoor recreation planner assisting park units and national heritage areas with a variety of planning projects. My mom, an avid national park traveler, frequently took us to historical sites in the region including Independence and Valley Forge National Historical Parks. ![]() I grew up in Philadelphia only a few minutes from a city park and spent much of my childhood with my siblings exploring the Wissahickon Valley, part of the city's great Fairmount Park system. ![]()
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