Park Campaign Strategy Meeting
Thursday, March 29, 2007
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Philadelphia Horticultural Society
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor - Auditorium 19103
Please join the Parks Alliance for dinner and a discussion of the exciting
campaign plans being launched this spring. The meeting will be facilitated
by our Campaign Manager, Ceci Schickel.
Dinner served from 5:30 - 6 PM
Program runs from 6 - 7:30 PM
Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as you are able to 215-879-8159 or
via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Over 1,000 Philadelphians turned out for the recent Green City Strategy
Mayoral Forum on March 5th, demonstrating overwhelming energy for parks and
open space issues. Five mayoral candidates have already endorsed park
governance and funding reform, and as of now four have included park reform
as part of their platform. In order to seize on this excitement and
momentum, the Philadelphia Parks Alliance is asking for your help, as a
supporter of the NEXT GREAT CITY initiative, which includes a call for park
reform.
Over the past year and a half, the Parks Alliance and other partners have
been convening stakeholders to strategize around an advocacy campaign to
reform the park system. We've asked you to be ready to mobilize when the
time comes - and that time is now!
Our proposal is to get charter change for new governance on the November
2007 ballot. That means we need to get it approved by City Council this
spring. In addition, we want to win commitments for new funding sources for
all city parks - both Fairmount Park and Recreation Department parks - so
the parks can be truly revitalized.
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