Parks & Recreation
The new Parks & Recreation Commission is responsible for developing legislation and guidelines for the use and protection of parkland and facilities in order to make that protection binding. PlanPhilly caught up with Commissioner Michael DiBerardinis to see how things will move forward.
With city money tight, Friends of Penn Treaty Park and the Parks and Rec Department are writing grants to start improvements called for in the park's $12.7 million master plan. The Friends will also soon hold their annual Champagne in the Park fundraiser.
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation members discuss budget and the progress on dredging Penn's Landing and pier rehabilitation.
In lieu of a last minute cancellation of the newly-formed Parks and Recreation Commission bimonthly meeting, Commissioner Michael DiBerardinis spoke with PlanPhilly about the department's merger and redeployment and its new unified budget.
Big projects, like the successful revitalization of Franklin Square, are not the only way for Parks and Rec to beautify our city. Here's more than a dozen small ways to change Philadelphia's parks.
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